Kelly's Directory 1924
WHITTINGTON is a parish and compact and well-built village, pleasantly seated 3 miles south-east from Lichfield Junction station on the North Western section of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, 4 north-west from Tamworth, in the Lichfield division of the county, hundred of North Offlow, petty sessional division of Lichfield and Brownhills, union, county court district and rural deanery of Lichfield, archdeaconry of Stafford 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 £295, including 46 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held since 1912 by the Rev. Dumaresq Cohu  B.A., L.Th. 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 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 Whittington Barracks and depots of the South and North Staffordshire Regiments, situated on the Heath, occupy a site of 40 acres in a fine position. The buildings comprise: officers’ quarters, armoury, recreation rooms and chapel (a brick building in Early English style). The Barracks are available for 1,400 men, exclusive of officers. The Staffordshire Infantry Brigade is permanently quartered here, and buildings have been erected as quarters for the married men and their families. A Roman Catholic Church has been erected at the Barracks. 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. Broom Leasoe, the property and residence of Charles William Giffard 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 D.S.O., J.P. Theophilus Basil Percy Levett esq. J.P. and Sir Robert Peel bart. 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 inclusive of 27 of water; rateable value, £14,374; and the population, including Huddlesford, in 1901 was 2,392, inclusive of 1,521 in the barracks; the population in 1921 was 2,525.

Huddlesford, a hamlet, one 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, and belongs to Sir Robert Peel bart. The area is 782 acres of land and 8 of water; rateable value, £1897; the population in 1921 was 19.

Willowford is 2 miles north, on the west bank of the river Tame.

Post, M. O. T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Whittington. – George Thomas Blewitt, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Lichfield. Telephone Call Office, available for calls to places within a limited distance.

Post, M. O. T. & T. E. D. Office, Whittington Barracks, - James R. Morris, sub-postmaster. Letters through Lichfield.

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 102 children; Walter Bramley, master
Infants’, for 105; Miss Jane E. Martin, mistress
Police Station, Charles Thomas Harrington, sergeant, & 1 constable

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Armitage Mrs. Eileen, Ivy Cottage
Buckle Mrs. Whittington Holt
Cohu Rev. Dumaresq B.A. (vicar)
Crosthwaite Lt.-Col. Joseph Arthur, Ellfield house
de Falbe  Brig.-Gen.  Vigant W. C.M.G.,D.S.O. Whittington house
Inge Charles William Giffard, Broom Leasowe
Mann Frederick
Onslow Cranley Charlton, Whittington court
Pass Mrs. Isabella
Rattenbury Miss
Ricketts Martin Henry
Seckham Col. Bassett Thorne D.S.O., J.P. The Old hall
Smith Miss, Whittington Fields
Sparkes Lt.-Col. W. M. B., D.S.O. Heath view
Sturgess Charles, Hollies

COMMERCIAL
Early closing day, Thursday.
Allsopp William, farmer
Aston Frederick, baker
Bailey Wm   Plough P.H. Huddlesford
Barker Charles, farmer
Baskerville Harry, farmer, Hurst frm
Baxter Sydney, farmer, Church farm
Boston Charles, smallholder
Bridgen A. & A. (Misses), dress mas
Brough Wm. farmer, Thatchmoor fm
Burgess William George, Bell inn
Dawkins Piers, farmer, Willowford
Deakin Hy, market gardener, Rose cot
Donnellan Alice (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Drury Mary (Mrs.), haulier
Elson George, tailor
Farnsworth Harry, butcher
Foster Amelia (Miss), shopkeeper
Foster Frank, builder
Foster Frank, Dog inn
Mann Thomas, farmer
Moody Richard, builder
Neale Arthur, assistant overseer & rate collector
Pearce Edwd. Wm. frmr. Cross roads
Phillips James Arthur, farmer. Brook hay (postal address, nr. Lichfield)
Rust William, farmer, Marsh farm
Simkins Abraham, farmer, Whittington Hurst
Smith Alfred, beer retailer, Barrack road (postal address, Lichfield)
Soldiers’ Home (John Key, supt.), The Heath
Stevens Alice, (Mrs.), Peel Arms
Topliss Alfred, wheelwright, Barrack road (postal address, Lichfield)
Treglown Henry Beskeen, Swan P.H.
Wheat George, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, Lichfield)
Wheelton Charles, farmer
Wheelton Leonard, farmer, Grange fm
Whittington Barracks Golf Club (Robt. Summers Smith, hon. sec)
Wigham Cuthbert Thos. Provsn. mer
Windridge Thomas, smith