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Farewell

   
 
 In 1200 known as ‘Fagerwell’
 
(Pleasant spring or stream)
 
[The Oxford Names Companion]
Farewell parish became part of Lichfield Union following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Lichfield Union also included the parishes and townships of Alrewas, Armitage-with-Handsacre, King's Bromley, Colton, Elford, Farewell-and-Chorley, Fradswell, Longdon, Ogley-Hay, Orgreave, Pipe-Ridware, Hamstall-Ridware, Mavesyn-Ridware, Rugeley, Swinfen-and-Packington, Shenstone, Weeford, Whittington, and Yoxall. The Union had an area of 94 square miles, and 24,127 inhabitants in 1841. The Union workhouse stood on Burton Road, Lichfield, and was a large building in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1841, with room for about 200 paupers
 
Farewell and Chorley, are two picturesque hamlets, within a mile of each other, and forming a parish of 179 inhabitants, and about 470 acres of land, lying on the eastern side of Cannock Chase, from two to three miles NW of Lichfield. The Marquis of Anglesey is the principal owner, and lord of the manor. Chorley Hall, an ancient mansion on the western side of the parish, was taken down some years ago, and its site is now occupied by a farm house. John Foster, and James and Joel Smith, Esqs. have estates here, and the latter has a pleasant seat, called Chorley Place

The Parish Church, St Bartholomew, was formerly conventual, and belonged to a priory of Benedictine Nuns, founded here in 1140, by Roger Clinton, bishop of Lichfield, who endowed it with the mill, and all the land lying between the brooks, called Chestals and Blackesiche. Henry II confirmed this grant, and added to it 40 acres of land, cleared from woods, in the forest of Cannock. Upon the suppression of the lesser religious houses, in 1527, this nunnery and its possessions were given to Lichfield, for the support of the choristers. In 1747, the old nunnery chapel was taken down, and in the south wall, three rows of coarse earthen vessels were found. The mouths of these vessels were laid towards the church, and covered with a thin coat of plaster. About 80 years ago the church, except the chancel, was rebuilt of brick. It was repaired and new roofed in 1848. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquis of Anglesey, and incumbency of the Rev Edward Carte, BA, of Longton

[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]
 
Farewell (St. Bartholomew), a parish in the union of Lichfield, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and the county of Stafford, 2 miles (N.W.) from Lichfield; containing with the hamlet of Chorley, 203 inhabitants. It comprises of about 1300 acres, arable and pasture; the surface is hilly and the soil of light quality. The villages of Farewell and Chorley are very picturesque, and are situated within a mile of each other. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £50; patron and impropriator, the Marquess of Anglesey. The tithes have been commuted for £129, and the glebe contains 20 acres. The church is a neat edifice, mostly built in 1780; the chancel is of earlier date. Roger, Bishop of Chester, or Lichfield, founded about 1140 a house for Canons regular, who afterwards gave place to Benedictine nuns; it was supressed by Wolsey.
 
[Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1859] 
 
 
Farewell, a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford; near the Trent Valley railway, 2¾ miles NW of Lichfield. It contains the hamlet of Chorley; and its post town is Lichfield. Acres, 1, 049. Rated property, £1, 601. Pop., 209. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. A small Benedictine nunnery was founded here, about 1140, by Bishop Clinton; and given, at the dis-solution, to Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £50. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church belonged to the nunnery, and is tolerable. Charities, £31.
(John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870 - 1872)
 
 
 
 
 
Are you related John Arnott born in Farewell in 1765?
His descendants lived in Chorley and Farewell for many years.
You might find yourself on his family tree
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are you related William Ball of Farewell?
This large family lived in Farewell in the late 1800's early 1900's
You might find yourself descended from him
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Search the 1871 Farewell Census with
Staffordshire Past-Track
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statistics for the Farewell 2001 Census provided by the Office for National Statistics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are you related to a person with Farewell connections?
Information on people from Farewell as detailed by our Members
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Burntwood Family History Group Photograph Album contains many photographs of landmarks in Farewell
 
If you have any photographs we can add to our album
please submit them to us at enquiries@bfhg.org.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are you looking for George Pope, born 1885 in Farewell?
You will find mention of him here in the May 1991 BFHG Journal Issue 10,
in an article entitled 'Can the Census Help' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Churuch of England website for
Saint Bartholomew Church
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Staffordshire Records Office holds the Bishops Transcripts for
Saint Bartholomew Church (1666 - 1867 but with many gaps)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A voluntary Look-up exchange is available from Kaye Christian for Saint Bartholomew Parish Registers, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers (1693 – 1812), Baptism Registers (1813 – 1954) and Marriage Registers ( 1813 – 1935)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Staffordshire Record Office holds the original registers of Saint Bartholomew, Baptisms (1693-1954), Marriages (1693-1971), Burials (1693-1812 with gap 1744-56) and Banns (1824-1946)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Archive Service website gives on-line access to the Farewell section of White's History Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire 1851
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are you related to John Wightwick of Farewell?
Take a look at his Will and Inventory of 1763