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Staffordshire Place Guide - Colwich

Colwich

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	45NE
OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet	SK02SW
OS National Grid reference	SK011211
Church of England
Ancient Parish	Colwich, St Michael and All Angels
Ancient Chapelry	Fradswell, St James the Less
Modern Parishes	Hixon, St Peter (from 1848); Great Haywood, St Stephen (from 1854)
Local Government
Civil Parishes	Colwich (to date); Fradswell (1866-?); Weston with Gayton with Fradswell (?-?2005); Fradswell (?2005-date)
Hundred	Pirehill South
Poor Law Union	Stafford Poor Law Union (1836-1930)
District Council	Stafford Rural District (1832-1974); Stafford Borough (1974-date)
Parliamentary Representation
Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974)	Northern Staffordshire (1832-1867); West Staffordshire (1867-1885); Western Staffordshire (1885-1918); Stafford (1918-1948); Stafford and Stone (1948-1974)
Estate collections
Major estates	Anson family of Shugborough, Earls of Lichfield; Wolseley family of Wolseley, baronets
Photographs
Building conservation photographs	Building conservation photographs for Colwich; Building conservation photographs for Fradswell Please see note 1 below.
Notes
Note 1	This link provides a hitlist of photographs included within a larger collection covering the entire county.