Mount Grace Priory
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Mount Grace Priory is a monastery in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England. Set in woodlands within the North York Moors National Park, it is represented today by the best preserved and most accessible ruins among the nine houses of the Carthusian Order, which existed in England in the Middle Ages and were known as charterhouses.[1]
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Monastery information | |
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Order | Carthusian |
Established | 1398 |
Disestablished | 1539 |
Dedicated to | House of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and of St Nicholas |
Diocese | York |
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Founder(s) | Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent and Duke of Surrey |
Site | |
Location | East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England |
Coordinates | 54.380120°N 1.311077°W / 54.380120; -1.311077 |
Grid reference | SE449985 |
Visible remains | church, cloister, inner court and earthworks |
Public access | yes (English Heritage) |
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