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Witham Charterhouse
51.1631° N, -2.3660° E
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Witham Charterhouse, also Witham Priory, at Witham Friary, Somerset, was established in 1178/79, the earliest of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England. It was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.
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Suppression during the Dissolution
15 March 1539
Foundation of the charterhouse
1178/1179
Prior appointed
1180
Excavation revealing foundations
1921
Further excavations
1965–1968
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