Bodmin Friary was a Franciscan friary in

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...

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, England, UK. There are very few remains from the substantial Franciscan Friary established c. 1240: a gateway in Fore Street and two pillars elsewhere in the town. The Franciscans arrived in Bodmin in the 1220s or 1230s and under the patronage of the

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and other lords acting as trustees erected a fine, lofty church. By the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries this church was full of tombs of distinguished

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. It was 150 feet long and 60 feet high. In the reign of

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the friary was dispossessed and the church desecrated. It was converted into a market hall and assize hall and later fell into ruin. The last remains were removed in 1891.''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 60-61

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