Warburton

Title

Warburton

Also Known As

Abbey Croft, Warburgetone, Werburgtuna

Dates

Founded 1190s; dissolved by 1271

Dedication

Mary; Werburga

Affiliation

Cockersand

Medieval Diocese

Chester

History

A priory dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Cockersand, which was founded in the 1190s by Adam de Dutton. The community never seems to have truly established itself. In 1271, Cockersand sold off the property.

Nothing remains of the priory today.

Status

Priory

Reference

MP, II: 82

Bibliography

Matthews, Keith J. “Cheshire’s Failed Religious Houses: A Study of Poulton and Stanlow Abbeys, and the Priories of Mobberley and Warburton.” Cheshire History 42 (2003 2002): 37–50.

Wardle, David, A.T. Thacker, S.J. Lander, Ann J. Kettle, and A.P. Baggs. “House of Premonstratensian Canons: The Priory of Warburton.” In A History of the County of Chester, edited by C.R. Elrington and B.E. Harris, 3:171. London: Victoria County History, 1980. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol3/p171.

Image Credit

"Warbarton" as shown in John Speed, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611/12). University of Cambridge Digital Library.

Files

Collection

Northern England

Citation

“Warburton,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/133.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Cockersand