Place:Curborough and Elmhurst, Staffordshire, England

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NameCurborough and Elmhurst
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.675°N 1.825°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Offlow Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Lichfield Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Lichfield (district), Staffordshire, Englandmunicipal district in which it has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Curborough and Elmhurst is a civil parish in the Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. The hamlets of Curborough and Elmhurst, that make up the parish, lie just north of the City of Lichfield, and are separated from each other by the West Coast Main Line. The parish council is a joint one with Farewell and Chorley. Curborough's name derives from Old English. The words for "mill stream" in Old English were 'cweorn burna,' and likely referred to Curborough brook.

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History

An early resident of Curborough was Dr. Zachary Babington, prebendary of Curborough in 1584 and later precentor of Lichfield Cathedral and diocesan chancellor. Babington built an estate called Curborough Hall, where he died in 1613. His son William, a lawyer, married to Ellen (Littleton) Babington, succeeded him to Curborough Hall estate and farm, and was in turn succeeded by a son Zachary, a lawyer with a practice at Lichfield. The Curborough Hall estate later fell to three heiresses of the Babington family, one of whom married Theophilus Levett, town clerk of Lichfield, whose son John Levett, briefly a member of parliament, inherited Curborough Hall. By 1925, the last of the Levett heirs, Theophilus Basil Percy Levett, sold the farm out of the family.

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Research Tips

Article on Curborough and Elmshurst 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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