Place:Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England

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NameHamstall Ridware
Alt namesHamstall-Ridwaresource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.7683°N 1.8417°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
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Hamstall Ridware is a village and civil parish in the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. It is in the Trent Valley, and lies close to the villages of Hill Ridware, Mavesyn Ridware and Pipe Ridware. It is eight miles north of the city of Lichfield, and four miles east of Rugeley. The hamlet of Olive Green lies to the east of the village.

Within the village lie the grade II* listed ruins of Hamstall Hall.

A 19th century description

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

"HAMSTALL-RIDWARE, a village and a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford[shire]. The village stands on the river Blyth, 2½ miles N of Armitage [railway] station, and 4½ E by N of Rugeley; and has a post office under Rugeley. The parish includes also the hamlets of Nethertown, Rough-Park, Hay-End, Sandborough, and part of Olive Green. Acres: 2,934. Real property: £4,305. Population: 440. Houses: 93. The property is divided among a few. The old manor house has an ancient gateway and a watchtower, and is now a farm house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £300. Patron: Lord Leigh. The church is ancient but good; has a tower and spire; and contains monuments of the Cottons, the Combermeres, and the Egertons. There are a national school, and charities £42."

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