Weeford in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"WEEFORD, a parish in the S. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 4 miles W. of Tamworth, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Lichfield. The village is situated on the Roman Watling Street and on a branch of the river Tame, here crossed by a ford, called Wayford. The parish includes the hamlets of Packington and Swinfen. In the vicinity is Offlow barrow, the burial-place of a Danish chief.

The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to that of Hints, in the diocese of Lichfield, value £298, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Manley Hall is the principal residence. Lord Wenlock is lord of the manor. The impropriation belongs to the Prebendary of Alrewas and Weeford, in the cathedral of Lichfield."

"PACKINGTON, a hamlet and liberty in the parish of Weeford, S. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 1½ mile N.W. of Weeford, and 3½ miles N.W. of Tamworth."

"SWINFEN, a hamlet in the parish of Weeford, S. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 2 miles S.E. of Lichfield. The principal residence is Swinfen Hall."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]