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
Greasley is a civil parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today as it was destroyed by the Earl of Rutland. The built up ...
parish
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.
Beauvale Priory
Beauvale Priory (also known as Beauvale Charterhouse) was a Carthusian monastery in Beauvale, Nottinghamshire.
History
The priory was founded in 1343 by Nicholas de Cantelupe (d.1355), in honour of the Blessed Trinity. The priory was original ...
is the remains of a
Carthusian
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called th ...
monastery, or
Charterhouse
Charterhouse may refer to:
* Charterhouse (monastery), of the Carthusian religious order
Charterhouse may also refer to:
Places
* The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery
* Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey
London ...
, 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
*
Listed buildings in Greasley
Greasley is a civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. The parish contains 30 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed a ...
Gallery
File:Beauvale Priory Remains.jpg, The structural remains of Beauvale Priory
Beauvale Priory (also known as Beauvale Charterhouse) was a Carthusian monastery in Beauvale, Nottinghamshire.
History
The priory was founded in 1343 by Nicholas de Cantelupe (d.1355), in honour of the Blessed Trinity. The priory was original ...
in 2007
References
External links
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Places in the Borough of Broxtowe
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