Hints in 1872

HINTS, a village and a parish in Tamworth district, Stafford. The village stands on Watling-street and on an affluent of the river Tame, near the boundary with Warwick, 4 miles WSW of Tamworth town and railway station; and was anciently known as Hendon, signifying "old town." The parish comprises 1,849 acres. Post-town, Tamworth. Real property, £3,375. Pop., 200. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. 

The manor, with Hints Hall, belongs to John Floyer, Esq. A large tumulus, supposed to be Roman, is near the church; a pig of lead, weighing 150 lbs., and having a Roman inscription, was found, in 1792, on Hints common; and an old priory was once at Canwell.

The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the perpetual curacy of Weeford, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is of Grecian architecture; occupies the site of a previous church, on a lofty situation; and contains monuments of the Floyers and the Lawleys. There is a free school.

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]