Kelly's Directory 1908
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 £248, including 46 acres of glebe, with residence, 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 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.  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 £13,080; and the population, including Huddlesford, in 1901 was 2,392, inclusive of 1,521 in the barracks.
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, formerly extra-parochial, 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 £2,347; the population in 1901 was 20.
Willowford is 2 miles north, on the west bank of the river Tame.

Post, M.O. & T.O., T.M.O.,E.D.,P.P.,S.B. &A. & I.O. Whittington.--- Mrs Serena Nevill, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by mail cart from Lichfield at 6.50 a.m. & 2.30 & 6 p.m. to callers; on sunday at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.45 a.m. 11.45 a.m. & 7 p.m.; on sundays at 9.25 a.m.
Post, M.O. & T. O., T.M.O.,E.D.,P.P.,S.B. &A. & I.O., Whittington Barracks – Mrs C. 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.

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; the school will hold 85 children; average attendance, 80; Walter Bramley, master
Infants’ for 105; average attendance 84 ; Mrs Walter Bramley, mistress

Police Station, Thomas Charles Williams, sergeant, & 1 constable

WHITTINGTON
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Arnold Abraham
Ashman William
Duckworth Capt. Ralph
Falls Capt. Horace E. The Lodge
Crosthwaite Capt. J. A. Ivy cottage
Felton Ernest Edwd. Whitting crt
Hurd Mrs. Holly bank
Inge Mrs. Charles Hy. Broom Leasoe
Kay Rev. William Henry M.A. (vicar)
Locker Capt. William J. Heath view
Moody Mrs.
Pickering Charles J. Whittington hill
Scott Capt. L. Lindsay
Seckham Col. Bassett Thorne D.S.O. J.P. The Old Hall
Smith Mrs. Scudamore, Elfield
Smith Mrs, Whittington house
 Stoney Lieut. H. H. Collingswood ho
Sturgess Charles, Hollies

COMMERCIAL.
Alsopp William, farmer,
Arnold Abraham, baker
Baskerville Harry, farmer, Hurst fm
Bates Thomas, farmer
Berks Mary (Mrs.), bakr. & provsn. dlr
Booth Arth. Plough P.H. Huddlesfrd
Boston James Richard, farmer
Clarke William John, baker
Deakin Hy. market gardener, Rose cot.
Drury Thomas, haulier
Elson George, tailor
Elson Joseph, tailor
Farnsworth Harry, butcher
Foster Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Gilbert James, farmer
Langton Herbt, wheelwright & buildr
Lees Geo. farmer, Darnford Mill farm
Mann Frederick, farmer
Nevill Frank, farmer, Huddlesford
Nevill Serena (Mrs.), drapr. & post off
Ottewell John Whittaker, farmer & miller (water), Bannins mill
Pass Edward, jun. bricklayer
Pass Hennis Arms, Bell inn
Pearce Edward Wm. Frmr. Church frm
Phillips James Arthur, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, nr Lichfield)
Pownell Elizabeth (Mrs.), Swann P. H.
Redington Bryan, beer retailer
Ricketts Martin Henry, fruit grower & market gardener
Riley James, farmer, Nash farm
Rust William & Thomas Hy. farmers
Rutland Walter, farmer
Simkins Abraham, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Simkins James, farmer, Willowford
Smith John Fredk, farmer, Thatchmoor House farm
Snape Thomas, shoe maker
Soldiers’ Home (Mrs. Kay, lady supt.), The Heath
Stevens George, Peel Arms
Sturgess Alfred, Dog inn
Tideswell George, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, near Lichfield)
Tideswell Thomas, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Toplis Charles, wheelwright
Wheat George, farmer, Brookhay
Wheelton Charles, farmer
Wheelton Leonard, farmer, The Grove
Wigham Cuthbert Thomas, provision merchant; & at Lichfield
Windridge Matilda, smith

TAMHORN
Slater Joseph, farmer