Lichfield St Michael in 1859

LICHFIELD (ST MICHAEL): The city comprises portions of the PARISHES of St. Mary, of which that part in the borough contains 2634 inhabitants; St. Chad, containing 2036; and St. Michael, containing 1887; and the liberty of the Cathedral Close, which is extra-parochial, with 190 inhabitants.

The parish of St. Michael comprises by computation 10,400 acres, of which by far the greater portion is arable; about 2000 acres are common, a part of which has been recently inclosed, and the remainder, with the exception of a little woodland, is meadow and pasture. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of St. Mary's, with a net income of £154; appropriators, the Dean and Chapter.

The church, a plain edifice in the later English style, situated on Greenhill, contains a tablet, with an inscription by Dr. Johnson, to the memory of his parents ; the churchyard comprises from six to seven acres, and is the principal cemetery of the city.

An 1859 Gazetteer description of the following places in Lichfield St Michael is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Fisherwick
• Haselor
• Pipehill
• Streethay
• Wall 
• Woodhouse

 

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