Clifton Campville in 1859

CLIFTON-CAMPVILLE (ST, ANDREW), a parish, in the union of TAMWORTH, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW, and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.E. by N.) from Tamworth; containing, with the townships of Clifton-Campville and Haunton, and the chapelries of Harlaston and Chilcote, 921 inhabitants, of whom 341 are in the township of Clifton-Campville. The parish is watered by the small river Mease, and comprises by computation 6300 acres; the surface is undulated, and the soil is in some places a rich fertile marl, and in others a strong clay.

The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Chilcote, valued in the king's books at £30, and in the gift of Henry John Pye, Esq. The tithes were partly commuted for land and corn-rents, under an inclosure act, in 1795; the tithes of Clifton-Campville and Haunton have been commuted under the recent act for a rent-charge of £717; and a composition in lieu of tithes is received for Harlaston and Chilcote, amounting to about £400; the glebe contains 150 acres, to which there is a glebe-house. There are chapels of ease at Harlaston and Chilcote; and a parochial school is supported by the patron and incumbent. 

An 1859 Gazetteer description of the following places in Clifton Campville is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Harlaston
• Haunton

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]