Calwich, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Calwich, a township in Ellastone parish, Staffordshire, on the river Dove, 3½ miles SW of Ashborne. It includes the hamlet of Northwood. Post town, Ashborne; money order and telegraph office, Ellastone. Acreage, 782; population, 142. A priory of Austin Canons was founded here in the 12th century by Fitz-Nigell, and given at the dissolution to John Fleetwood. Calwich Abbey, a modern mansion, is the seat of the lord of the manor.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Calwich from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Calwich)