Calwich nr. Ellastone

No individual entry found for Calwich in the Domesday survey. The entry for this abbey in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 3, 1970) notes: "The little priory of Calwich in Dovedale on the Derbyshire border of the county originated as a cell of Kenilworth Priory. [...] The date of the foundation of the priory lies after c. 1125 when the mother-house of Kenilworth was founded; about 1130 'the brethren of Calwich' are mentioned in a confirmation of the gift of Longford church. [...] In 1391 the dedication of the priory is mentioned as to St. Margaret. [...] By 1531 the suppression of the house had been decided upon [...] What is, however, worthy of note is the complete secularization of the priory's property which followed. In April 1532 an agreement was made between the king and the patron for the suppression of St. Margaret's Priory [...] Erdeswick, about the end of the [16th] century, stated that he had heard that the Fleetwoods had converted the priory church into a dwelling, making 'a parlour of the chancel, a hall of the church, and a kitchen of the steeple'. [...] Remains of buildings on the site appear to belong to a later period."