Place:Weeford, Staffordshire, England

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NameWeeford
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.63°N 1.79°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoSouth 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


Weeford is a village and civil parish located in the south of the Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. In the UK census of 2001 it had a population of 202. Originally it contained the parish of Swinfen and Packington.

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A 19th century description

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

"WEEFORD, a parish, with a township and two hamlets, in Lichfield [registration] district, Stafford; on Watling-street, 3¾ miles SSE of Lichfield [railway] station. Post town, Lichfield. Acres: 4,556. Real property: £4,860. Population: 399. Houses: 78. The manor belongs to Lord Wenlock. Offlow barrow, which gives name to Offlow hundred, is here. The living is a rectory, united with Hints, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £420. Patron, the Bishop of [Lichfield] The church is good."
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