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Lincoln Whitefriars
Hob Uid: 326615
Location : Lincolnshire Lincoln Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK9736070750
Summary : Site of Carmelite Friary founded in 1269 and dissolved in 1539. Excavations on the site of St Mark's Railway Station have recovered the plan of the church and West range, and located other outbuildings. The precinct was bounded by the High Street to the East, the River Witham to the West, St Edward's Church to the South and St Mark's Church to the North, covering an area of 70 by 95 metres. The church was at the Southern end of the site with the cloisters to the North. The church was demolished in the 15th century and rebuilt. The kitchen stood as a separate building to the West of the cloister, and continued in use as a domestic building until the 17th century. Several inhumations were discovered.
More information : [SK 9736 7075] White Friary [AT] (Site of). (1) The house of the Carmelite Friars was founded at Lincoln in 1269. On a site now occupied by the Midland Region Railway Station (3). It was suppressed in 1539. (2-3)

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Source details : Md. Lincoln 1948, 150-1 Site plan, 244. (J.W.F. Hill)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1539
Monument Start Date : 1269
Monument Type : Carmelite Friary, Church, Cloister, Kitchen, Cemetery
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Church demolished and rebuilt
Monument End Date : 1499
Monument Start Date : 1400
Monument Type : Church
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C16 and 17
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 97 SE 52
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1985-01-01
End Date : 1985-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1986-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1994-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1997-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Lincoln Whitefriars