Elford, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Elford, a village and a parish in Staffordshire, on the river Tame, and on the verge of the county, 4½ miles ENE of Lichfield, and 5 N of Tamworth. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Tamworth, and a station, jointly with Haselour, on the M.R. Acreage, 2024; population, 373. The manor belonged before the Conquest to Earl Algar; passed to the Crown; went to successively the Ardemes, the Stanleys, Howards, and others. Elford Hall, the chief residence, was a frequent resort of Edward IV. for hunting, and gave lodging for a night to Henry VIL when on his way to Bosworth. The grounds connected with it contain two barrows. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £300 with residence. The church is ancient; was restored in 1872; and contains several fine altar tombs and other monuments.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Elford

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Elford from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Elford (St. Peter))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Staffordshire is online.

Maps

Online maps of Elford 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)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Staffordshire newspapers online:

• Staffordshire Advertiser
• Tamworth Herald
• Lichfield Mercury
• Staffordshire Sentinel
• Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser