Priory of the Wood

Priory of the Wood

Axholme, Low Melwood, Melwood

Founded 12th c. ; Carthusian from 1390s; suppressed 16th century

Mary

A priory dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Sulby by the late 12th century. By the 1390s, the site was in the possession of the Carthusians. The community was suppressed at the Reformation and the last ruins were demolished in the late 17th century.

HE: Axholme Carthusian Priory and post-Dissolution garden earthworks, Melwood Park