Warlus, Somme
Warlus is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Warlus is situated 16 miles west of Amiens, on the D18 road. One place of interest in Walrus is the sixteenth-century church of Saint-Apre.Population
History
The name of Warlus may have its origins in the name of an early bishop. Other sources say it comes from the Anglo-Saxon war and lux. In the 12th century, there was once a high tower which may have been used as a beacon during wartime.
There is nothing to suggest that Warlus is very old. It doesn't appear to have had a castle and seems to have grown around a former convent, of which few vestiges remain. The priors came from the Abbey of Selaincourt.
In the 12th century, the population grouped around the monastery and build a church. In the 16th & 17th centuries the seigneurs came from the Crequy family of Poix-de-Picardie.
During the Hundred Years War, the English went through the territory from Poix-de-Picardie to Airaines.
The tithes belonged to the abbey of Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre of Selaincourt and Berteaucourt, and the Celestine convent.
