The community was founded in the early Saxon period. The body of S. Werbergh was brought here by nuns from Hanbury in 875.
The body of S. Werburgh was brought here by nuns from Hanbury, Staffordshire in 875.
The remains of the abbey were destroyed by the wars of Athelstan in 925-39.
About 907 Athelflaed enlarged the church for a community of nuns.
Or perhaps nuns from Handbury brought the body of S. Werburgh to the abbey in 907. By 1093 it was a shrine to S. Werburg.
This record needs to be verified and the information (especially foundation) sorted out.