Staffordshire Place Guide - Canwell

Canwell

All of the links in the table below enable you to view Collection catalogues in our online catalogue Gateway to the Past. Where there is no link this is either because we hold the collection but the catalogue is not yet online, or because the collection is held by another Archive Service, or is still in the hands of the organisation itself.

Location

• OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: 64NE
• OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: SK10SW
• OS National Grid reference: SK139006

Church of England

• Ancient Parish: None. This place was extra-parochial.
• Modern Parishes: Canwell, St Mary, St Giles and All Saints (from 1927)

Local Government 

• Civil Parish: Canwell (1858-1934); Hints (1934-date)
• Hundred: Offlow South
• Poor Law Union: Tamworth Poor Law Union (1836-1930)
• District Council: Tamworth Rural District (1894-1934); Lichfield Rural District (1934-1974); Lichfield District (1974-date)

Parliamentary Representation

• Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974): Southern Staffordshire (1832-1867); East Staffordshire (1867-1885); Lichfield (1885-1948); Lichfield and Tamworth (1948-1974)

Photographs

• Building conservation photographs: Building conservation photographs for Canwell  Please see note 1 below.

Notes

• Note 1: This link provides a hitlist of photographs included within a larger collection covering the entire county.