Farewell in 1868

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

"FAREWELL, a parish in the S. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 3 miles N.W. of Lichfield, its post town and railway station on the London and North-Western line. Chorley is included in this parish. A nunnery was founded here in the 12th century by Bishop Clinton, which was given to Wolsey by Henry VIII. The parish is of small extent, comprising only 470 acres.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £50, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and was formerly a part of the old nunnery. The parochial charities produce about £30 per annum. The Marquis of Anglesey is lord of the manor."

"CHORLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Farewell, in the southern division of the hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 3 miles S. of Stafford, and about 4 from the Armitage station of the Trent Valley branch of the London and North-Western railway. Chorley Place, to the S.E. of this village, is a handsome modernised edifice."

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