Place:Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire, England

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NameThorpe Constantine
Alt namesThorpe-Constantine
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates52.675°N 1.6167°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Offlow Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Tamworth Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1934
Lichfield Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1934-1974
Lichfield (district), Staffordshire, Englandmunicipal district of which it has been part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Thorpe Constantine is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Tamworth and 6 miles south-west of Measham in Derbyshire. The nucleus of the parish is the Thorpe estate.

The first part of the name is believed to be the Old Norse word thorp with the meaning "outlying farm", indicative of the village's location within the Danelaw. The second element comes from the name of the family that was in possession of the land in the 13th century.

The population of the estate parish is given as 42 in 1848, the land covering 953 acres (386 ha). In 1870 it is given as 54, living in 5 houses. (For sources, see Wikipedia)

The parish of Thorpe Constantine became part of Tamworth Poor Law Union in 1836. In 1894 it became a civil parish within the newly-constituted Tamworth Rural District. During the boundary changes of 1934 the civil parish was enlarged with the addition of Statfold and Syerscote, and became part of Lichfield Rural District.

In 1974 it became part of the new non-metropolitan district of Lichfield. The parish council meets jointly with Clifton Campville.

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Statfold

Statfold is an abandoned village, of which little trace now remains, though the listed manor house and church are still extant. Nowadays, the church has the status of a chapel; it is listed Grade II*.

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Syerscote

Syerscote (52°39′55″N 1°40′20″W), roughly 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Tamworth and 3 miles west of Thorpe, is a former township of the parish of St Editha, Tamworth. In 1836 it became part of Tamworth Poor Law Union; in 1866 it became an independent civil parish within the union. In 1894 it entered Tamworth Rural District and in 1934 became part of Thorpe Constantine civil parish. In 1848 the population was 46, on 480 acres (190 ha).[18] The farmhouse of Syerscote Manor is listed Grade II.

The name is believed to derive from Old English, with the meaning of Sigeric '​s cottages. In the Middle Ages Syerscote was a prebend that funded one of 5 canons to the then collegiate Church of St Editha, Tamworth. In 1291 this income was valued at £4 a year. These days Syerscote is within the Church of England parish of St Leonard, Wigginton.

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