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4 unusual facts about Witham Charterhouse


Witham Charterhouse

The site of the charterhouse is marked by extensive rectilenear earthworks, cut by a railway line, and some worked stone can still be seen in buildings in the village of Witham Friary.

The lay brother's church isnow used as the Parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John Baptist and All Saints, Witham Friary.

The charterhouse was founded by Henry II in his Royal Forest of Selwood, as part of his penance for the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury.

It was established at Witham Friary, Somerset, in 1178/1179 from a founding party led by a monk called Narbert from the Grande Chartreuse.



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