Great Yarmouth Carmelite Friary Explained

Great Yarmouth Carmelite Friary in Norfolk, England, was founded in 1276 by the White Friars or Carmelites in the reign of Edward I and dedicated to St. Mary.

From 1430 to 1455, a John Tylney was prior. On 1 April 1509, the church and convent burnt down. In 1538 the friary was suppressed by Richard Yngworth, and in 1544 the land was granted to Thomas Denton and Robert Nottingham.^[1]

A 17th-century Grade II listed building now stands on the site at 6-12 George Street, Great Yarmouth.^[2]

External links

• Book: Memorials of old Norfolk . Hugh John Dukinfield Astley. Bemrose and sons, limited. 1908.
• Book: A geographical dictionary of England and Wales. 247. Carmelite Friary Yarmouth.. William Cobbett. 2. Wm. Cobbett. 1832.
• http://www.localhistories.org/yarmouth.html

Notes and References

1. William Page, ed (1906), A History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 2, pp. 435-438, Section 65: The Carmelite Friars of Yarmouth.
2. Web site: 6-12, George Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.