Blithfield in 1872

BLITHFIELD, a township and a parish in Uttoxeter district, Stafford. The township lies on the river Blithe, 2 miles W by S of Abbots-Bromley, and 3 ENE of Colwich railway station. It includes the hamlet of Admarston; and its post-town is Abbots-Bromley, under Rugeley. Real property, £3,526.The parish includes also the liberty of Newton. Acres, 3,193. Real property, £5,952. Pop., 338. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few.

Blithfield House is the seat of Lord Bagot; forms a large quadrangle with towers and pinnacles; and contains some interesting portraits. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, .£388. Patron, Lord Bagot. The church has monuments and brasses of the Bagots, the Bromptons, and others; and is good. An endowed school has £35, and other charities £35.

An 1872 Gazetteer description of the following places in Blithfield is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Admaston
• Newton

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