Mavesyn Ridware in 1859

RIDWARE, MAVESYN (ST. NICHOLAS), a parish, in the union of LICHFIELD, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Rugeley; containing, with the hamlet of Blithbury, 531 inhabitants, of whom 297 are in Hill-Ridware hamlet. The parish is situated between the rivers Trent and Blythe, and comprises by admeasurement 2336 acres; the road from Lichfield to Uttoxeter runs through the parish, and the Grand Trunk canal crosses the road about 1 mile from Hill-Ridware.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7.2.11., and in the gift of Hugo Mavesyn Chadwick and John Newton Lane, Esqrs.: the tithes have been commuted for £470, and the glebe comprises 13 acres, to which there is a house. Schools are supported. 
About three miles north of the church are slight remains of Blithbury Priory. 

BLITHBURY, a hamlet, in the parish of MAVESYN-RIDWARE, union of LICHFIELD, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD; containing 144 inhabitants. 

 

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