Mavesyn Ridware in 1872

MAVESYN-RIDWARE, a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford; on the river Trent, the Grand Trunk canal, and the Trent Valley railway, near Armitage railway station, 3 miles ESE of Rugeley. It contains the villages of Blithbury and Hill-Ridware; and its post-town is Rugeley. Acres, 2,475. Real property, £4,920. Pop., 462. Houses, 115.

The manor belonged anciently to the Malvoisins, and belongs now to Lord Leigh. Mavesyn-Ridware Hall was as the seat of the Chadwicks, and is now a farm-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £438. Patrons, Messrs. Chadwick and Lane. The church is an ungainly modern building, with an old tower; and an aisle adjoins it, containing monuments of the Malvoisins and the Chadwicks. Charities, £12. 

BLITHBURY, a hamlet in Mavesyn-Ridware parish, Stafford; on the river Blithe, 2 miles NE of Rugeley. Pop., 144.

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]