Dodford
Title
Dodford
Dates
Founded ca. 1184; Premonstratensian from 1464; dissolved 1536
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Dodford was founded ca. 1184 for a community of Augustinian canons.
It was a priory in the possession of the Premonstratensian abbey of Halesowen from 1464. Never a wealthy house, from about 1500, the priory estates were leased out and only a single canon remained serving the church there. It was finally formally dissolved in 1536. The site then passed into private hands.
Some remains are still visible on the site, incorporated into a later farmhouse.
It was a priory in the possession of the Premonstratensian abbey of Halesowen from 1464. Never a wealthy house, from about 1500, the priory estates were leased out and only a single canon remained serving the church there. It was finally formally dissolved in 1536. The site then passed into private hands.
Some remains are still visible on the site, incorporated into a later farmhouse.
Heads of Community
Priors
Thomas Cooksey, by 1488-aft. 1505
Thomas Cooksey, by 1488-aft. 1505
Status
Priory
Reference
Bibliography
Aston, Michael A. “Dodford Priory, Near Bromsgrove (SO/728933).” Worcestershire Archaeology and Local History Newsletter 6 (1970): 15.
Image Credit
Postcard showing the house which now stands on the site of Dodford Priory, ca. 1913.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Dodford,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/294.