WHITTINGTON is a parish 3 miles from Lichfield in the north division of the country hundred of North Offlow, union, county court district, and diocese of Lichfield, archdeaconry of Stafford, and rural deanery of Lichfield.  The church is dedicated to St. Matthew.  The living is a vicarage, annual value £240, in the gift of J. Levett, Esq.  The Rev. Joseph Taylor, of Lichfield, is the vicar, the Rev. J. B. Davies curate.  The Independents have a chapel.  There is a British school for boys and one for girls, William Barker, master, Eleanor Willcox mistress and Eliza Meacham infants’ mistress.  The parish contains 2420 acres of land, of which the chief owners are Colonel Dyott, J. Levett, and R. Wood, Esqs.  The population is about 900.  The lord of the manor is the Marquis of Anglesea.  Lichfield races are held on Whittington Heath.  POSTAL REGULATIONS – John Elson sub-postmaster.  Letters arrive at 7.30 a.m. are dispatched at 6.30 p.m.  The nearest money-order and telegraph office and post-town is Lichfield.

Whittington

Baggalley John, esq. the Hall

Davis Rev. David B.

Griffith John Delane, esq

Holmes John, esq. The Hill

Jarvis Mrs Elizabeth

Legge Hon. and Rev. G., Whittington house

GENERAL TRADES, &c.

Bates George, baker and grocer

Bates Robert, baker

Bealing John, beer retailer

Beech Edmund, saddle and harness marker

Boys John, Peel’s Arms

Bridgen George, bricklayer

Bridgen John, grocer, bricklayer and victualler, Bell Inn

Bridgen Thomas, Dog inn, and butcher

Bridgen William, bricklayer

Brown John, boot and shoemaker

Elson John, tailor

Elson Joseph, tailor & parish clerk

Freer William, market gardener

Hall Thomas, market gardener

Harding Thos. Plough inn, Huddlesford

Heathcote Joseph Benjamin, farmer

Holmes Edward, nurseryman, seedsman, and florist

Langton Thomas, wheelwright

Madeley Joseph, shopkeeper

Moody George, carpenter and builder

Nourse William, eningeer, machinist, and general smith

Neville Daniel, baker

Osmond George, shopkeeper

Pass Edward, grocer and draper

Pipe James, butcher and beer retailer

Smith Thos, coal merchant and victualler, Swan inn

Sturgess Eliza, miller, Huddlesford

Tomlinson George, wheelwright, Thatchmoor

Windridge Richard, blacksmith

FARMERS

Bacon Thomas, and landowner

Bates George

Bates Robert

Clarke Mrs Ann

Cureton Thomas

Heathcote Joseph, and landowner

Holmes Edward, and landowner

Holmes John, and landowner

Inge Charles, and landowner, Hurst

Johnson William, and landowner, Thatchmoor

Neville Francis, and landowner, Huddlesfield house

Powell James, and landowner

Redfern Thomas

Sparkes Sarah and landowner, Hurst

Startin Ann, Thatchmoor

Thomas Wm. and landowner, Huddlesfield farm

Wood Ralph, and landowner