Farewell Priory (Black Ladies)

Farewell Priory (Black Ladies) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Farewell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery near Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. Although it received considerable episcopal support, it was always small and poor. It was dissolved in 1527 as a by-product of Cardinal Wolsey's scheme to establish a college within Oxford University. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: Mid-12th century

Source: en.wikipedia.org