Place:Freeford, Staffordshire, England

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NameFreeford
TypeHamlet, Civil parish
Coordinates52.6657°N 1.8008°W
Located inStaffordshire, England     ( - 1934)
See alsoNorth Offlow Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Lichfield Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district in which the parish was located 1894-1934
Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1934
Lichfield (district), Staffordshire, Englandmunicipal district in which it has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Freeford from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"FREEFORD, an extra-parochial tract in Lichfield district, Stafford; 1 mile SE of Lichfield. Population: 9. Houses: 2."

Freeford was a civil parish from 1858 until 1934 when it became part of the parish of Swinfen and Packington remaining within Lichfield Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Lichfield municipal district.

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Article on Freeford from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. Not only does the article cover the boundary changes (with a map), but also provides sketches of a number of property owners and their families through generations.

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