Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CALWICK

CALWICK, a township in Ellastone parish, Stafford; on the river Dove,

3½ miles SW of Ashborne. Pop., 85. Houses, 22. A black priory was founded here, in the 12th century, by Fitz-Nigell; and given, at the dissolution, to John Fleetwood. Calwick Hall is the seat of the Granvilles; and has a fine collection of pictures.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Calwich

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