Bishopswood, Staffordshire
Historical Description
Bishopswood, an ecclesiastical parish in Brewood civil parish, Staffordshire, 3 miles W of Brewood, 5 W of Four Ashes station on the L. & N.W.R., and 10 NW of Wolverhampton. It includes the hamlet of Kiddemore Green. Post town, Stafford, which is the money order and telegraph office. Population, 410. There was a small Benedictine nunnery here from the time of Richard I., and a residence in this parish preserves the name of Blackladies Abbey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Brewood. The church was erected in 1848, is cruciform, and has a small embattled tower with spire.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Staffordshire | |
| Hundred | Cuttlestone | |
| Poor Law union | Penkridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1852.
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Evangelist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Evangelist, erected in 1848, is a cruciform building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts and a small embattled western tower with spire containing one bell and a clock, placed in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in 1897: the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. John Buckham, first vicar of the parish; other stained windows are in memory of the Misses Evans of Boscobel, Sir T. W. Evans bart. of Boscobel, and the Rev. T. B. Garland M.A. vicar 1888-1906.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bishopswood from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bishop's-Wood)
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Staffordshire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Staffordshire newspapers online: