WHITTINGTON is a parish 3 miles from Lichfield in the north division of the country hundred of North Offlow, union, county court district, and diocese of Lichfield, archdeaconry of Stafford, and rural deanery of Lichfield. The church is dedicated to St. Matthew. The living is a vicarage, annual value £240, in the gift of J. Levett, Esq. The Rev. Joseph Taylor, of Lichfield, is the vicar, the Rev. J. B. Davies curate. The Independents have a chapel. There is a British school for boys and one for girls, William Barker, master, Eleanor Willcox mistress and Eliza Meacham infants’ mistress. The parish contains 2420 acres of land, of which the chief owners are Colonel Dyott, J. Levett, and R. Wood, Esqs. The population is about 900. The lord of the manor is the Marquis of Anglesea. Lichfield races are held on Whittington Heath. POSTAL REGULATIONS – John Elson sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 7.30 a.m. are dispatched at 6.30 p.m. The nearest money-order and telegraph office and post-town is Lichfield.
Whittington
Baggalley John, esq. the Hall
Davis Rev. David B.
Griffith John Delane, esq
Holmes John, esq. The Hill
Jarvis Mrs Elizabeth
Legge Hon. and Rev. G., Whittington house
GENERAL TRADES, &c.
Bates George, baker and grocer
Bates Robert, baker
Bealing John, beer retailer
Beech Edmund, saddle and harness marker
Boys John, Peel’s Arms
Bridgen George, bricklayer
Bridgen John, grocer, bricklayer and victualler, Bell Inn
Bridgen Thomas, Dog inn, and butcher
Bridgen William, bricklayer
Brown John, boot and shoemaker
Elson John, tailor
Elson Joseph, tailor & parish clerk
Freer William, market gardener
Hall Thomas, market gardener
Harding Thos. Plough inn, Huddlesford
Heathcote Joseph Benjamin, farmer
Holmes Edward, nurseryman, seedsman, and florist
Langton Thomas, wheelwright
Madeley Joseph, shopkeeper
Moody George, carpenter and builder
Nourse William, eningeer, machinist, and general smith
Neville Daniel, baker
Osmond George, shopkeeper
Pass Edward, grocer and draper
Pipe James, butcher and beer retailer
Smith Thos, coal merchant and victualler, Swan inn
Sturgess Eliza, miller, Huddlesford
Tomlinson George, wheelwright, Thatchmoor
Windridge Richard, blacksmith
FARMERS
Bacon Thomas, and landowner
Bates George
Bates Robert
Clarke Mrs Ann
Cureton Thomas
Heathcote Joseph, and landowner
Holmes Edward, and landowner
Holmes John, and landowner
Inge Charles, and landowner, Hurst
Johnson William, and landowner, Thatchmoor
Neville Francis, and landowner, Huddlesfield house
Powell James, and landowner
Redfern Thomas
Sparkes Sarah and landowner, Hurst
Startin Ann, Thatchmoor
Thomas Wm. and landowner, Huddlesfield farm
Wood Ralph, and landowner
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