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 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 £219, 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. 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 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 loop-holed 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 D.S.O. J.P, Theophilus Basil Percy Levett esq J.P., 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 £15,253; and the population, including Huddlesford, in 1901 was 2,392, inclusive of 1,521 in the barracks; and the population in 1911 was 3,409.

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, 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 £2,380; the population in 1911 was 51.

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

Post, M.O. & T. Office, Whittington. Mrs Serena Nevill, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive by mail cart from Lichfield at 6.55 a.m. & 2.30 & 6 p.m. to callers; on Sunday at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 6.55 a.m. 12 noon & 7 p.m.; on Sundays at 9.30 a.m.

Telephone Call Office, available for calls to places within a limited distance

Post, M.O., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office, Whittington Barracks – James R. Morris, sub-postmaster.  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 8.30 a.m. & 5.5 p.m.

Wall Box, Hademore, cleared at 7.15 a.m. & 6.20 pm

Wall Box, Fisherwick, at 8.30 a.m. & 5.20 p.m.

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Mixed (endowed) founded in 1741 by Mrs Sarah Neal & endowed in 1900 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 105 children; Walter Bramley, master

Infants’ for 105; Miss Jane E. Martin, mistress

Police Station, Jas. Wm. Haynes, sergeant, & 1 constable

WHITTINGTON

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Cohu Rev. Dumaresq B.A. (vicar)

Day Rev. Edward R., M.A. (chaplain to barracks), Ivy cottage

Felton Ernest Edwd. Whitting crt

Inge Mrs. Chas. Hy. Broom Leasoe

Mann Frederick

Moody Mrs

Pass Hennis Arms

Rattenbury Miss

Seckham Col. Bassett Thorne D.S.O. J.P. The Old hall

Smith Mrs Whittington house

Sturgess Charles, Hollies

Yale Col. James Corbett, The Hawthorns

Yool Major Geo. Scudamore, Elfield

Dyott Richd. Archibald, Cross roads

COMMERCIAL.

 Early closing day, Thursday.

Alsopp William,  farmer

Aston Frederick, baker

Bailey Wm. Plough P.H. Huddlesford

Baskerville Harry, farmer, Hurst frm

Bates Thomas, farmer

Boston Charles, farmer

Bridgen A. & A. (Misses), dress mas

Burgess William George, Bell inn

Deakin Hy. market gardener, Rose cot

Donnellan Alice (Mrs.) shopkeeper

Drury Charles, haulier

Elson George, tailor

Farnsworth Harry, butcher

Foster Annie (Mrs.) shopkeeper

Foster Frank, builder

Mann Thomas, farmer

Merrison Henry, Swan P.H.

Moody Richard, builder

Neale Arthur, assistant overseer & rate collector

Ottewell John Whittaker, farmer & miller (water) Bannins mill

Pearce Edwd.Wm, frmr, Church frm

Phillips James Arthur, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, nr Lichfield)

Reddington Fred, beer retailer, Barrack rd. (postal address, Lichfield)

Ricketts Martin Hy market gardener

Rust William, farmer, Marsh farm

Simkins Abraham, farmer, Whittington Hurst

Simkins James, farmer, Willowford

Soldiers’ Home (Mrs Kay, lady supt. supt.), The Heath

Stevens Alice (Mrs), Peel Arms

Sturgess Alfred, Dog inn

Tideswell George (Mrs.) farmer, Thatchmoor farm

Topliss Charles, wheelwright, Barrack road (postal address, Lichfield)

Wheat George, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, Lichfield)

Wheelton Charles, farmer

Wheelton Leonard, farmer, Grange fm

Whittington Barracks Golf Club (E. E. Felton esq. hon. sec.)

Wigham Cuthbert Thomas, provision merchant

Windridge Thomas, smith

TAMHORN