Colwich, Staffordshire
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| Colwich | |
| Population | (2001 census) |
|---|---|
| District | Stafford |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stafford |
| Postcode district | ST |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Stafford |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Colwich is a small village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the Stafford road, three miles NW of Rugeley, principally on the north east bank of the River Trent, near Wolseley Bridge.
The parish comprises about 8,800 acres of land in the villages and hamlets of Bishton, Colwich, Fradswell, Shugborough, Moreton, Wolseley, Drointon, Great & Little Haywood, and Hixon, the last four being partly in Stowe parish.
Shugborough Hall was the ancestral home of the earls of Lichfield, four miles NW by W of Rugeley. The estate was purchased by William Anson in the early 17th century and is now in the care of the National Trust.
Wolseley Hall was until recently the home of the Wolseley family of baronets for at least eight centuries.
[edit] Colwich Abbey
The village is noted for Colwich Abbey of St Mary's, a community of Roman Catholic nuns of the English Benedictine Congregation founded in 1623 at Cambrai in the Spanish Netherlands. In 1836 the community, having been expelled from France during the French Revolution, finally settled at The Mount, Colwich, where they established the present house, raised to the rank of an abbey in 1928.
[edit] Nearby Locations
Rugeley, Stafford, Stone, Swynnerton, Croxton,
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