 It is also the setting for the 12th-century miracle story De Sanctimoniali de Wattun.Watton is the location for Watton Priory which was a Gilbertine double monastery founded in 1150 by Eustace fitz John.The present building dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries, although it has earlier origins, and a house was added in the 19th century.