Whittington in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"WHITTINGTON, a parish in the hundred of North Offlow, county Stafford, 2½ miles S.E. of Lichfield. The village is situated on the Coventry canal. To the S.E. is an extensive heath or sheep-walk, where the Lichfield races are held. The parish includes the hamlets of Huddlesford and Hurst. The hall, a large antique mansion near the church, was the seat of the Everards, and afterwards of the Pagets.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £251. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. There is a free school with a small endowment. The Marquis of Anglesey is lord of the manor."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]