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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wansford; containing 68 inhabitants. A small Benedictine nunnery dedicated to St. Mary, existed here in the time of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and a farm, about a mile from the city, called the Nunnery, is probably a part of its ancient demesne. The Guild … of the priories of Dodford and Great Malvern; and of the nunnery of Cokehill, in the parish of Inkberrow. There are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bridge lands, let for about 46 per annum. A Benedictine nunnery in honour of St. Mary Magdalene was founded at … 306; patron, the Earl of Abingdon. Here was anciently a nunnery, originally founded at Abingdon, by the sister of …