Westwood Priory

Coordinates: 52°16′12″N 2°10′26″W / 52.270°N 2.174°W / 52.270; -2.174 Westwood Priory (priory of St. Mary) was a priory of Benedictine nuns founded around 1160, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It was a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey.

A group from Westwood moved to Amesbury Priory when it was refounded in 1177.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ British History Online: The Abbey, later Priory, of Amesbury
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