Farewell / Fagerwellan / Faurwelle

No individual entry found for Farewell in the Domesday survey. The entry for this priory in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 3, 1970) notes: "A Religious house was founded at Farewell, 2½ miles north-west of Lichfield, by Bishop Roger de Clinton (1129-48) and endowed with several episcopal estates. Like Blithbury, which also dates from this period, it began as a foundation for monks or hermits but soon became a nunnery [...] Bishop Roger's original grant gave to the church of St. Mary at Farewell and the canons and lay brothers there the site of the church, the land which they had assarted and as much woodland as they could assart [...] In August 1527 the Crown granted the Chapter of Lichfield all the possessions of the dissolved priory, including the house and church [...] The only part of the priory buildings which remained in the 18th century appears to have been the parish church. This was largely rebuilt in the 1740s, and the only medieval portion now surviving is the east end." [NB: the wording of the original endowment by Bishop Roger appears to indicate that a church existed already in Farewell]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK0832311622] notes: "Parish church. Circa 1300 largely rebuilt in the mid C18 and restored mid C19. [...] Simple font on stand inscribed "A. A. MINN/IR CH WAR/1703"."