Esholt

No individual entry for Eshalt found in the Domesday survey. The entry for the Cistecian Priory at Esholt (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "The small Cistercian nunnery of St. Mary and St. Leonard at Esholt, in the parish of Guiseley, is said to have been founded at the latter part of the reign of Henry II or the beginning of that of Richard I [i.e., ca. 1189] [...] There is, however, much uncertainty both as to the real date of the foundation, and as to the original founder"; the VCH entry does mention a coventual church, "certain chambers where the sisters worked on the south side of the church"; the priory was suppressed in 1536. The entry for Esholt Hall in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE1885839670] notes: "Built on the site of the Medieval Esholt nunnery, by Sir Walter Calverley in 1706-07"; nothing remains of the old priory. The parish church of Esholt is modern, of 1839, and has a modern font in it.