Staffordshire Place Guide - Tamworth

Tamworth

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Location
OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheets	59SE, 59SW
OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet	SK20SW
OS National Grid reference	SK207041
Church of England
Ancient Parish	Tamworth, St Editha (see notes 1 and 2)
Ancient Chapelries	Wigginton, St Leonard; Wilnecote, Holy Trinity
Modern Parishes	Amington, St Editha; Fazeley, St Barnabas; Fazeley, St Paul; Glascote, St George; Hopwas, St Chad
Local Government
Civil Parishes	Tamworth (to date); Amington and Stoneydelph (Warwickshire) (1866-32); Amington (Warwickshire) (1932-1965); Bolehall and Glascote (Warwickshire) (1866-1932); Fazeley (1866-date); Glascote (Warwickshire) (1932-1965); Hopwas Hays (1866-1934); Syerscote (1866-1934); Thorpe Constantine (1934-date); Wigginton (1866-date); Wilnecote and Castle Liberty (Warwickshire) (1866-1965)
Hundred	Townships of Tamworth, Syerscote : Offlow North (Staffordshire) Townships of Fazeley, Wigginton and extra-parochial area of Hopwas Hays : Offlow South (Staffordshire) Townships of Amington and Stoneydelph, Bolehall and Glascote, Wilnecote and Castle Liberty : Hemlingford (Warwickshire)
Poor Law Union	Tamworth Poor Law Union (1836-1930)
District Council (a)	Township of Tamworth (Staffordshire) : Tamworth Borough (to 1835); Tamworth Municipal Borough (1835-1974) (including transferred parts of the Warwickshire townships, see note 1)
District Council (b)	Townships of Fazeley, Syerscote, Wigginton (Staffordshire) : Tamworth Rural District (1894-1934); Lichfield Rural District (1934-1974)
District Council (c)	Townships of Amington and Stoneydelph, Bolehall and Glascote, Wilnecote and Castle Liberty (Warwickshire) (or such parts of them as remained in Warwickshire at any given time, see note 1 below) : Tamworth Rural District (1894-1965)
Parliamentary Representation
Parliamentary Constituency (to 1885)	All townships : Tamworth (1832-1885)
Parliamentary Constituency (1885-1974) (a)	Staffordshire townships : Lichfield (1885-1948); Lichfield and Tamworth (1948-1974)
Parliamentary Constituency (1885-1974) (b)	Warwickshire townships (or such parts of them as remained in Warwickshire at 1945 or 1955. See note 1 below) : Northern Warwickshire (1885-1918); Tamworth (1918-1945); Sutton Coldfield (1945-1955); Meriden (1955-1970)
Nonconformist Churches
Congregational, Presbyterian and United Reformed Churches	Aldergate Congregational Church; Tamworth Church of Christ (Independent), later Congregational Church
Methodist Churches	Amington Methodist Church; Fazeley United Methodist Church; Glascote Methodist Church; St. Andrew's Methodist Church; Tamworth Central Methodist Church; Victoria Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Wilnecote Methodist Church
Other organisations
Businesses	Businesses in Tamworth
Charities	Charities in Tamworth
Societies and Clubs	Societies and clubs in Fazeley
Photographs
Building conservation photographs	Building conservation photographs for Tamworth; Building conservation photographs for Fazeley; Building conservation photographs for Wigginton Please see note 3 below.
Notes
Note 1	The ancient parish of Tamworth fell partly in Staffordshire and partly in Warwickshire. Due to various transfers to Tamworth Municipal Borough between 1932 and 1965, by the latter date only very small portions of the three Warwickshire townships remained in Warwickshire
Note 2	The township of Hopwas Hays was within the parish of Tamworth for civil purposes, but was ecclesiastically extra-parochial until 1967.
Note 3	This link provides a hitlist of photographs included within a larger collection covering the entire county.