Burntwood in 1872

BURNTWOOD, a hamlet and a township-chapelry in St. Michael, Lichfield parish, Stafford. The hamlet lies 2 miles NNW of Hammerwich railway station, and 3 W of Lichfield; and has a post-office under Lichfield.

The chapelry includes also the hamlets of Edial and Woodhouses, and was constituted in 1845. Rated property £8,757. Pop., 1,634. Houses, 330. The property is divided among a few. New coal mines were recently opened.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of St. Mary. The church is good. 
 

 

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