Ilchester Friary was founded between 1221 and 1260 as a Dominican monastery in Ilchester Somerset, England.
The buildings were restored in the 13th and 14th centuries until the site occupied a 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) site, and by the 15th century it extended beyond the town walls.
[1] It is believed to be the birthplace of Roger Bacon, possibly in 1213 or 1214.
[2] It was dissolved in 1538, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries,[1] but the buildings continued to be used, as a silk mill and relief prison, particularly for Quakers,[3] until it was finally demolished in the early 19th century.
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