Ridware, Mavesyn (St. Nicholas)

RIDWARE, MAVESYN (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Lichfield, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 4¾ miles (E. by S.) from Rugeley; containing, with the hamlet of Blithbury, 531 inhabitants. The parish is situated between the rivers Trent and Blythe, and comprises by admeasurement 2336 acres of rich land; it is mostly arable, with some fine meadow land on the margin of the Trent. The road from Lichfield to Uttoxeter runs through the parish, and the Grand Trunk canal crosses the road about 1½ mile from the hamlet of Hill-Ridware. Petty sessions are held at Hill-Ridware on every alternate Tuesday. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 2. 11., and in the gift of Hugo Mavesyn Chadwick, and John Newton Lane, Esqrs.: the former is the principal proprietor of the parish. The tithes have been commuted for £470, and the glebe comprises 13 acres.