Kelly's Directory 1928
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 £350, including 16 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 Barracks are available for 2,250 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 residence of Harold de Vahl Rubin esq. 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 Mrs B. B. Seckham, 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; the population in 1921 was 2,525.

Huddlesford, 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, 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. & T. E. D. Office, Whittington.  Letters arrive from Lichfield
Post, M. O. T. & T. E. D. Office, Whittington Barracks.  Letters through Lichfield.
Police Station

WHITTINGTON

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
(For TN’s see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Ainsworth Capt. Bertram Lionel M.C. Ivy Cottage
Buckle Mrs. Whittington Holt
Cohu Rev. Dumaresq B.A. (vicar)
Cooper Capt. George Conroy, Whittington Lodge
Crosthwaite Lt.-Col. Joseph Arthur, Ellfield house
de Falbe  Brig.-Gen.  Vigant W., C.M.G.,D.S.O., D.L., J.P. Whittington house
Inge Charles William Giffard, Broom Leasowe
Malcolm George Harold, Whittington court
Mann Frederick, Hollycot villa
Pass Mrs. Isabella, Collingwood
Ricketts Martin Henry, Boxwell, Whittington fields
Rubin Harold de Vahl, Whittington Old hall
Smith Miss Frances Ethel, Whittington Fields
Sturgess Mrs C. Hollies

COMMERCIAL
Early closing day, Thursday.
Marked * farm 150 acres or over
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
Burton Arth. Farmer, Whittington Hurst
Dawkins Piers, farmer, Willowford
Deakin Hy, market gardener, Sheepwash farm
Donnellan Alice (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Drury Mary (Mrs.), haulier
Elson George, tailor
Evans Jn. Rd. cycle agt
Farnsworth Harry, butcher
Foster Amelia (Miss), shopkeeper
Foster Frank, Dog inn
Fox David Regnld. motor car garage, Tamworth rd. TN 3
Linney Thos. motor car garage. TN 6
Mann Thomas, farmer
Moody Richard, builder
Neale Arth., rate collector
Pearce Edwd. Wm. frmr. Cross roads
Phillips Jas. Arth., farmer. Brookhay (postal address, nr. Lichfield)
Rickwood Caroline (Mrs), ladies’ hairdrssr
Smith Alfred, beer retailer, Barrack road (postal address, Lichfield)
Smith Fredk. Swan P.H.
Soldiers’ Home (John Key, supt.), The Heath
Stevens Alice, (Mrs.), Peel Arms
Wheat George, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, Lichfield)
Wheelton Leonard, farmer, Grange fm
Whittington Barracks Golf Club (R. H. Jacobs, hon. sec)
Wigham’s Stores provsn. mers
Windridge Thomas, smith

TAMHORN
COMMERCIAL
Marked * farm 150 acres or over
*Seddon-Hughes Jn. Farmer, Tamhorn park