A house of Benedictine nuns was founded before 1153 by Alan de Cotton, who granted land and property, and Jordan fitz Gilbert, who granted the church and some land which was confirmed by Henry Murdac, Archbishop of York.
[1] The convent was surrendered by the prioress Elizabeth Lorde on 20 August 1539 and it was dissolved[2] and granted to her brother in law George Gale c. 1543.
[4] In 1967 the church was designated a Grade I listed building.
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