MONKSPATH, (Warwickshire) supposed to have its name from the frequent passage of the monks this way, from their convent at
Stoneley to Bordesley-abbey in Worcestershire, is a large uninhabited tract, yet reputed a manor in the possession of the
Archers family; as is another, called Little Monkspath, which was anciently held of the manor of Tanworth by the
Mountforts of Coleshill, and sold formerly by Sir Edw. Mountfort to Mr. Warner, vicar of Tanworth.