Lichfield St Michael in 1868

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

"St. Michael's, a curacy, value £368, in the patronage of the vicar, was built in the reign of Henry VIII., but partly rebuilt in 1844. Dr. Johnson's father is buried here. The churchyard attached to this church is the chief cemetery of the town. There is also a chapel dedicated to St. John, in St. John street, near the hospital."

"BURNTWOOD, a hamlet in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 3 miles to the W. of Lichfield. The South Staffordshire railway passes near it. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £78, in the gift of the Vicar of St. Mary's parish. Races take place here in the month of October."

"EDGEHILL, (or Edial), a hamlet in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, S. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 2 miles W. of Lichfield. Edgehill Hall is the principal residence.

"FISHERWICK, a township in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, N. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 3 miles E. of Lichfield. It is situated on the river Tame. The Birmingham and Fazeley canal crosses the S.W. corner of the township. At the latter end of the last century the Marquis of Donegal expended large sums of money in rebuilding Fisherwick Hall, a noble mansion surrounded by a well-wooded park."

"FREEFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, N. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 1 mile S.E. of Lichfield."

"HAMMERWICH, a chapelry in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, S. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 7 miles N.E. of Walsall, and 3 S.W. of Lichfield. It is a station on the South Staffordshire railway. The village, which is small, is situated on the south-eastern edge of Cannock Chase. The Wyrley and Essington canal passes through the parish. The impropriate tithes belong to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £250, in the patronage of trustees. The church, which is situated on an eminence about half a mile W. of the village, is a plain, old-fashioned building with a wooden belfry. Near the church is a mausoleum belonging to the Ashmall family. The Marquis of Anglesey is lord of the manor."

"PIPEHILL, a township in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, city of Lichfield, S. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 2 miles S.W. of Lichfield."

"STREETHAY, a township in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, N. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 2 miles N.E. of Lichfield, near the ancient Icknield Street."

"WALL, a township in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, S. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 2 miles S.W. of Lichfield, its post town, and within which borough it is included. It is intersected by the ancient Watling Street, and is the Roman station Etocetum, where Roman coins, bricks, and traces of a castle have been discovered. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £47. The church, dedicated to St. John, was consecrated in January 1843."

"WOODHOUSE, a township in the parish of Lichfield St. Michael, county Stafford, 2½ miles S.W. of Lichfield. It is joined with Burntwood and Edgehill."

 

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