Thorpe Constantine in 1859

THORPE-CONSTANTINE (ST. CONSTANTINE), a parish, in the union of TAMWORTH, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.E.) from Tamworth; containing 42 inhabitants. The parish comprises 953a.1r.4p.; the soil in some parts is a dark rich earth, and in others, a clayey mixture resting upon a bed of yellow sand. The road from Tamworth to Ashby-de-la-Zouch runs for about half a mile through the south-western extremity of the parish. 

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £5.5.5., and in the gift of W. Phillips Inge, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £230, and the glebe contains 100a.3r.8p. The church was rebuilt in 1778. 
 

 

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