WHITTINGTON is a parish and compact and well built village, pleasantly seated 3 miles south-east from Lichfield Junction station on the London and North Western Railway, 4 north-west from Tamworth, in the Lichfield division of the county, North Offlow hundred, Lichfield and Brownhills petty sessional division, Lichfield union and county court district, archdeaconry of Stafford and in the rural deanery and diocese of Lichfield. The church of St Giles is a plain building of brick in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave and an embattled western tower of stone with a lofty spire, containing a clock and 3 bells: the church was restored in 1881 at a cost of £1,000, and affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1575. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £219, including 46 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1911 by the Rev. Dumaresq Cohu B.A. of Durham University: a new vicarage was built in 1886 from funds supplied by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There is a small Congregational chapel. The general charities amount to £6 10s. yearly. The barracks and depot of No 6 regimental district (Lichfield) on the Heath, occupy a site of 40 acres, in a fine position: the buildings comprise armoury, officers’ quarters, recreation rooms and a chapel, a brick building in the Early English style: the barracks are available for 2,400 men, exclusive of officers. A force of two battalions of infantry is permanently quartered here, and new buildings have been erected as quarters for married men and their families. Full particulars will be found under Lichfield. The Heath, consisting of 338 acres, on the south-east side of the village, and formerly used as an open sheep walk, is now the property of the War Department. The Old Hall, the property and residence of Col. Bassett Thorne Seckham D.S.O., J.P. is a large and ancient brick mansion, with stone mullioned windows, added about the Elizabethan period: nearly all the rooms are wainscoted, and some of the walls are loopholed for small arms: the front of the house is covered with ivy. The grounds are extensive and well laid out. Broome Leasoe, the property and residence of Mrs. Charles Henry Inge, is pleasantly situated in its own grounds, 1½ miles north-east from the village. The Marquess of Anglesey is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Col. B. T. Seckham. J.P, Theophilus Basil Percy Levett esq. J.P.of Wychnor Park; Sir Robert Peel, bart. and Richard Archibald Dyott esq. The soil is gravelly; subsoil, sand, rock and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. Market gardening is extensively carried on. The area is 2,921 acres of land, inclusive of 27 of water; rateable value £14,072; and the population, including Huddlesford, in 1901 was 2,392, inclusive of 1,521 in the barracks; and the population in 1911 was 3,409.
Huddlesford is a hamlet, 1 mile north from the village, is in this parish.
Hurst is a hamlet, 1½ miles north-north-east, situated close to the river Tame.
TAMHORN , 2 miles south-east, is now a civil parish in the Lichfield union and belongs to Sir Robert Peel, bart. The area is 782 acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value £2,451; the population in 1911 was 51.
Willowford is 2 miles north, on the west bank of the river Tame.
Post, M.O. & T. Office, Whittington.--- Mrs Serena Nevill, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by mail cart from Lichfield at 6.55 a.m. & 2.30 & 6 p.m. to callers; on sunday at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.55 a.m. 12 noon & 7 p.m.; on sundays at 9.30 a.m.
Telephone Call Office, available for calls to places within a limited distance
Post, M.O. & T. Office, Whittington Barracks – Mrs Clara Katon, sub-postmistress. Letters through Lichfield arrive at 7 a.m. & 2.10 & 5.40 p.m.; dispatch 8.20 a.m. & 12.15 & 7.20 p.m.
Wall Box, Huddlesford, cleared at 8.20 a.m. & 5.5 p.m.
Wall Box, Hademore, cleared at 7.15 a.m. & 6.20 p.m.
Wall Box, Fisherwick, at 8.30 a.m. & 5.20 p.m.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Mixed (endowed) founded in 1741 by Mrs Sarah Neal & endowed in 1800 with a legacy of £200 left by the late Rev. Richard Levett, & invested in £ 3 per cent. Consols: the present school was principally built by the late Col. Dyott in 1864: enlarged in 1910; the school will hold 105 children; average attendance, 101 ; Walter Bramley, master
Infants’ for 105; average attendance 84 ; Miss Ellen Bagnall, mistress
Police Station, Jas. Wm. Haynes, sergeant, & 1 constable
WHITTINGTON
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Arnold Abraham
Cohu Rev. Dumaresq B.A. (vicar)
Duckworth Capt. Ralph
Felton Ernest Edwd. Whitting crt
Hurd Mrs, Holly bank
Inge Mrs. Charles. Hy. Broom Leasoe
Moody Mrs.
Nevill Capt. Charles R.C. Whittington hill
Rattenbury Miss
Scott Capt. Lindsay
Seckham Col. Bassett Thorne D.S.O. J.P. The Old Hall
Smith Mrs, Whittington house
Sturgess Charles, Hollies
Welchman Major Sidney S. Ivy cot
Yool Major Geo. Scudamore, Elfield
COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Thursday.
Alsopp William, farmer,
Aston Frederick, baker
Baskerville Harry, farmer, Hurst farm
Boston Charles, farmer
Deakin Hy. market gardener, Rose cot.
Donnellan James Frederick, Plough P.H. Huddlesford
Drury Charles, haulier
Elson George, tailor
Farnsworth Harry, butcher
Foster Annie (Mrs.) shopkeeper
Gilbert James, farmer
Johnson William, boot repairer
Langton Herbt, wheelwright & buildr
Mann Frederick, farmer
Nevill Frank, farmer, Huddlesford
Ottewell John Whittaker, farmer & miller (water), Bannins mill
Pass Edward, bricklayer
Pass Hennis Arms, Bell inn
Pearce Edwd.Wm, frmr, Church frm
Phillips James Arthur, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, nr Lichfield)
Pownell Elizabeth (Mrs), Swann P. H.
Redington Bryan, beer retailer, Barrack rd. (postal address, Lichfield)
Riley James, farmer, Marsh farm (Postal address Lichfield)
Rust William, farmer,
Simkins Abraham, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Simkins James, farmer, Willowford
Soldiers’ Home (Mrs Kay, lady supt.), The Heath
Stevens George, Peel Arms
Sturgess Alfred, Dog Inn
Tideswell George, farmer, Thatchmoor farm
Tideswell Thomas, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Toplis Charles, wheelwright, Barrack road (postal address, Lichfield)
Wheat George, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, Lichfield)
Wheelton Charles, farmer
Wheelton Leonard, farmer, Huddlesford farm, Huddlesford
Whittington Barracks Golf Club (E. E. Felton esq. hon. sec.)
Wigham Cuthbert Thomas, provision merchant & at Lichfield
Windridge Matilda (Mrs), smith
TAMHORN
Slater Joseph, farmer
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