Farewell Priory

Farewell Priory (Black Ladies)
A photograph of a simple country church, with its square western tower in brick to the right and the older stone eastern end, slightly obscured by trees to the left.
St Bartholomew's Church, Farewell, today. It incorporates some of the medieval stonework at the eastern end.
Farewell Priory is located in Staffordshire
Farewell Priory
Location within Staffordshire
Monastery information
Full nameConvent of St. Mary, Farewell
OrderBenedictine
EstablishedMid-12th century
Disestablished1527
Dedicated toMary, mother of Jesus
DioceseDiocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Controlled churchesFarewell
People
Founder(s)Roger de Clinton
Important associated figures
Site
LocationFarewell near Lichfield
Coordinates52°42′08″N 1°52′42″W / 52.7023°N 1.8783°W / 52.7023; -1.8783
Public accessSite open to public. Church in use.
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Bartholomew
Designated27 February 1964
Reference no.1374273

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.