Places in Tamworth in 1868

TAMWORTH

"BITTERSCOTE, (or Bidderscote), a liberty in the parish of Tamworth, hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, close to Tamworth.

"BONEHILL, a liberty in the parish of Tamworth, and hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles from Tamworth. The principal residence is Bonehill House, the seat of E. Peel, Esq."

"COTON, a hamlet in the parish of Tamworth, county of Stafford, 1 mile N. W. of Tamworth."

"DUNSTALL, a liberty in the parish of Tamworth, S. division of the hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles W. of Tamworth, its post town."

"SYERSCOTE, a township in the parish of Tamworth, N. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 3 miles N.E. of Tamworth."

"WIGGINTON, a chapelry and township in the parish of Tamworth, county Stafford, 2 miles N. of Tamworth, and 7 E. of Lichfield. It is situated on ground overlooking the vale of the Thame, which is crossed at Hopwas by a bridge. The chapelry includes the ecclesiastical district of St. Leonard's, and the hamlets of Camberford, or Comberford, Dunstall, Coton, and Hopwas. The last named village is on the opposite side of the Tame. At Coton are the Alder paper-mills. The Trent Valley line of railway passes through the township, on an embankment near Wigginton Lodge. The land is fertile, consisting of a rich loamy soil, and chiefly belonged to the late Sir R. Peel, Bart. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £100, in the patronage of the Vicar of Tamworth. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, was rebuilt in 1777, and enlarged in 1830. There is also a chapel-of-ease at Hopwas. At Wigginton are National schools, built in 1848, and at Hopwas a free school, founded in 1724."

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