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Blithfield in 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"BLITHFIELD, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles from Abbot's Bromley. Rugeley is its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Blythe, and includes the hamlet of Admaston, and the liberty of Newton.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £388, in the patronage of Lord Bagot. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, and contains some fine monuments and brasses of the Bagot family and others. There are free schools for boys and girls, founded and endowed in 1729 by Elizabeth Bagot and Jane Jones, the income of which is about £35 per annum. There are other charitable endowments producing nearly the same sum yearly.

Blythefield House, the seat of Lord Bagot, is an extensive structure in the form of a quadrangle, with numerous towers and pinnacles. The moat which formerly surrounded it is filled up. The mansion contains a good collection of pictures, among which are some valuable portraits, including those of Lord Burleigh, Lady Aylesford, Lady Dorset (one of the beauties of the court of Charles II), and Moliere."

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Blithfield is to be found on a supplementary page.

  • Admaston
  • Newton

 

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