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, rural district, county deaconry 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 1929 by the Rev. Ernest Fleming M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, 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 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 2250 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 Capt. Thomas Henry Lawley, 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 Charles William Giffard Inge esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated in its own grounds, 1½  miles north-east from the village. The Marquess of Anglesey G.C.V.O. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Mrs B. B. Seckham, Mr Sydney Baxter 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 of land, inclusive of 27 of water; the population in 1921 was 2,525.

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 and belongs to John Seddon-Hughes esq.  The area is 782 acres of land and 8 of water; 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 T.N’s see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)

Beckitt John Robert, Boxwell, Whittington Fields

Card Capt. Arthur T. T., Whittington Holt

Coxe Alfred George, Callingswood

de Falbe Brig.- Gen. Vigant W., C.M.G., D.S.O., D.L., J.P. Whittington House

Fleming Rev. Ernest M.A. (vicar), Vicarage

Green Capt. William Charles M.C. Ivy Cottage

Inge Charles William Giffard, J.P. Broom Leasoe

Lawley Capt. Thomas Henry, Whittington Old Hall

Mann Frederick, Hollycot Villa

Naden Misses, Whittington Court

Pass Mrs. Isabella, Callingswood

Russell William, Fairfax

Ryan James, Ellfield House

Shipley Conway W. C., Whittington Lodge

Smith Miss Frances Ethel, Whittington Fields

Sturgess Mrs. C. Hollies

Swaine Randolph, Lewis House

COMMERCIAL.

 Early closing day, Thursday.

Marked Thus * farm 150 acres or over.

Alsopp Wm.  farmer, Rock farm

Aston Frederick, baker

Badrick Ephraim, farmer, Court farm

Bailey Wm. Plough P.H. Huddlesford

Barker Chas. Farmer, Mill farm

Baskerville Roland Dennis, farmer, Marsh Farm

*Baxter Sydney, farmer, Church frm

Boston Charles, smallholder

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

Britt Jane (Mrs.), tobccnst

Brough Wm farmer, Thatchmoor farm

Burgess Sarah Ann (Mrs.), Bell Inn

*Burton Arth. farmer, Whittington Hurst

Clarke Horace J. Swan P.H

Dawkins Dutton, farmer, Willowford

Deakin Edmund Geo. market gardnr. Coton farm

Deakin Horace Fredk. market gardnr. Sheepwash farm

Drury Jn. haulier

Evans Jn. Rd. cycle agt

Farnsworth Harry, butcher

Foster Frank, Dog Inn

Foster Wm. fried fish dlr

Fox David Regnld. motor car garage, Tamworth rd. T N 3

Leach Helen (Mrs.), shopkpr

Lees Geo. Vincent, farmer, Brookhay (postal address, Lichfield)

Linney Thos. Motor car garage. T N 6

Mann Fredk. insur. agt

Mann Thomas, farmer,

Moody Richard, builder

Neale Arth. clerk to the Parish Council

Pearce Edwd.Wm, farmer, Cross roads

Pearce Percy, bldr

Rickwood Caroline (Mrs.), ladies’ hairdrssr

Shaw G. H. & Son, painters, Huddlesford

Smith Alfd. beer retailer, Barrack rd. (postal address, Lichfield)

Soldiers’ Home (John Key, supt.), The Heath

Stevens Alice (Mrs), Peel Arms

*Wells Fras. Rt. farmer, Hurst farm, T N 15

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

Wheelton Leonard, farmer, Grange fm

Whittington Barracks Golf Club (R. S. Smith, hon. sec.). T N 12

Windridge Thomas, smith

TAMHORN

Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over