The Priory was founded by the then Lord of Dudley, Gervase Paganell, in the 12th Century, and was closed by Henry VIIII in the 1530's. After closure, the monastic building became ruinous, although part of the church was patched up as a tanner's dwelling, and the rest of the site was used for a time for industrial purposes. The pools near The Priory were drained when Priory Hall was built in 1825. The grounds were cleared and restored and the building put into its current state in the 1930's. The adjacent roads, Gervase and Paganel Drives, had their housing built at about this time, and took their names from the founder of The Priory.
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