Beauvale, or Beauvale
Newthorpe, is a village in
Nottinghamshire
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, England. It is located 1 mile to the east of
Eastwood. It is in
Greasley parish
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.
Beauvale Priory is the remains of a
Carthusian
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monastery, or
Charterhouse, founded in 1343 by Nicholas de Cantilupe. The extant remains include part of the church and a three-storey tower house, which may have been the Prior's lodging.
[Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. ''The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire''. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.]
See also
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Listed buildings in Greasley
Gallery
File:Beauvale Priory Remains.jpg, The structural remains of Beauvale Priory in 2007
References
External links
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Places in the Borough of Broxtowe
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