Blithbury, Staffordshire
Historical Description
Blithbury, a hamlet in Mavesyn-Ridware parish, Staffordshire, on the river Blithe, 3 miles NE of Rugeley. There was a small Benedictine monastery here.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Staffordshire | |
Civil parish | Mavesyn Ridware | |
Hundred | Offlow | |
Poor Law union | Lichfield |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Blithbury from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Blithbury)
Maps
Online maps of Blithbury are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)