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WHITTINGTON is a parish and compact and well designed village, pleasantly seated 3 miles south-east from Lichfield Junction station on the London and North Western railway, 4north-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 £248, including 46 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1883 by the Rev. William Henry Kay M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford: 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 the 38th and 64th regimental districts (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 1,400 men, exclusive of officers. A force of one and a half battalions of infantry is permanently quartered here, and new buildings have been erected as quarters for married men and their families. 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 Samuel Lipscomb Seckham esq. J.P., D.L. 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. Broom Leasoe, the property and residence of Charles Henry Inge esq. J.P. is pleasantly standing in its own grounds, 1 ½ miles north-east from the village. The Marquess of Anglesey is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Samuel Lipscomb Seckham esq. J.P., D.L., Theophilus Basil Percy Levett esq. J. P. of Wychnor Park ; Sir Robert Peel bart. Of Drayton Manor, and Lieut.-Gen. Richard Dyott R.E. of Freeford Hall. 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 ; rateable value, £11,631 ; and the population is 2,033, which includes 1,163 in the barracks.
Huddlesford a hamlet one mile north from the village, is in this parish.
Hurst is a hamlet, 1 ½ miles north north-east, situated close to the river Tame.
Tamhorn, 2 miles south-east, formerly extra-parochial, is now a parish in the Lichfield union, and belongs to Sir Robert Peel bart. The area is 757 acres ; rateable value £1,948 ; the population 1891 was 21.
Willisford is 2 miles north, on the west bank of the river Tame.
Post, M.O. & T. O., T.M. O., Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Whittington,-- Mrs Mary Amelia Elson, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by mail cart from Lichfield at 6.45 a.m. & 3.10 p.m. ; on Sundays at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.45 a.m. & 11.45 a.m. & 7 p.m. ; on Sundays at 9.25 a.m.
Wall Box, Huddlesford, cleared at 8.20 a.m. & 5.5 p.m.
Wall Box, Hademore, cleared at 7.15 a.m. & 6.15 p.m.
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 will hold 85 children ; average attendance, 80 : William Bernard Pinder, master
Infant’s, for 105 children ; average attendance, 98 ; Mrs Emily Pinder. Mistress
Police Station, John Wood, sergeant, & 1 constable
WHITTINGTON
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Felton Ernest Edwd. Whittington crt
Holland William, South side
Hurd Thomas, Holly bank
Inge Chas. Henry J.P. Broom Leasoe
Inge Chas. W Gifford, Broom Leasoe
Kay Rev. William Henry M.A. (vicar)
Kemble Capt. Charles Morris, Whittington Lodge
Moody Mrs
Prior Maj. Arthur W. The Heath
Pearson Col. John, The Hill
Scott Capt. Lindsay
Seckham Samuel Lipscomb J.P., D.L. The Old Hall
Smith Mrs. Whittington House
Sparks George
COMMERCIAL
Allsop William, farmer
Arnold Abraham, baker
Baskerville Walter Jn, frmr. Hurst fm
Bates Geo. Brick maker, Huddlesford
Bates Thomas, farmer
Berks Mary (Mrs.), bakr.& provsn.dlr
Bridgen William, bricklayer
Burton Frederick John, market gardener, Boot farm
Cotterill Jn. Plough P.H. Huddlesford
Deakin Hy. Market gardener, Rose Cot
Elson George, tailor
Elson Joseph, tailor
Elson Mary Amelia (Mrs.), Post office
Farnsworth Harry, butcher
Greenwood William, shopkeeper
Hughes John, Peel Arms P.H.
Johnson Henry, market gardener
Langton Herbt. Wheelwright & buildr
Lees Geo. Farmer, Darnford Mill farm
Meakin Wm. Joseph, Dog Inn & carrier
Nevill John James, butcher
Nevill Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Neville Daniel, baker & provision dealr
Norman George, market Gardener
Nourse Richard, agricultural engineer, millwright & machinist. See advertisement
Ottewell John Whittaker, farmer & miller (water), Bannins mill
Parker George (Mrs.), farmer, Brookhay (postal address, near Lichfield)
Pass Edward, jun. bricklayer
Pass Hennis Arms, Bell inn
Phillips James Arthur, farm bailiff to Mr James Beddows, Thatchmoor House farm
Pratt Thos. W. farmer, church farm
Ricketts Martin Henry, fruit grower & market gardener
Rogers Edwin, farmer, Huddlesford
Simkins Abraham, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Simkins James, farmer, Williford
Smith Thomas, farmer, Hillfield cot
Smith Thomas, Swan P.H. & farmer
Snape Thomas, shoe maker
Soldiers’ Home (Miss M. L. Allen, lady supt.), The Heath
Sturgess Charles, beer retailer
Tideswell Thomas, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, near Lichfield)
Toplis Charles, wheelwright
Twamley John, carpenter, Huddlesford
Wallis John, farmer
Warrender Arthur, shopkeeper
Wheelton Leonard,farmer, The Grove
Windridge Richard, smith
Wood Charles, farmer, Rock farm
TAMHORN
Thorneycroft John Alfred, farmer