Weeford in 1859

WEEFORD (ST. MARY), a parish, in the union of LICHFIELD, S. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (S.S.E.) from 
Lichfield; containing, with the hamlets of Packington and Swinfen, 426 inhabitants, of whom 276 are in the township of Weeford.

This place is supposed to have taken its name from a ford on the line of the Roman Watling-street, called Wayford. Within the parish is the lowe termed Offlow, which gives name to the hundred.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £63; patron, the Bishop of Lichfield; appropriator, the Prebendary of Alrewas and Weeford in the Cathedral. 

SWINFEN, a hamlet, in the parish of WEEFORD, union of LICHFIELD, S. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 2 miles (S.E. by S.) from Lichfield; containing 95 inhabitants. Swinfen Hall, a magnificent structure, built by Mr. Wyatt, 
father of the celebrated architect, stands in a large and well-wooded park, with a fine lawn and lake, and commands an extensive view of the country around Lichfield. 
 

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