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Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

WHITTINGTON.

Whittington is a distinct parish, in the deanery of Tamworth. The village of Whittington is situated on a dry gravelly soil, about three miles south-east of Lichfield.

This manor passed with the rest of the members of Longdon to Sir William Paget, Knight, from whom it has regularly descended to the present possessor, the Marquis of Anglesea.

The land of Whittington is generally a good deep sandy or gravelly loam, productive of excellent turnips, barley, and grass. Whittington-heath, where Lichfield races are held, contains about 600 acres of land; it is now a sheep-walk, and would, if inclosed, and properly cultivated, be some of the best turnip and barley land in the county.

Tamehorn, an ancient manor in this parish, devolved, by marriage, to the late Richard Dyott, Esq. who greatly improved it by his excellent turnip and barley culture.