Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard explained

Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard
Settlement Type:Civil parish
Coordinates:52.702°N -2.284°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Staffordshire
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South Staffordshire
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:823
Population Density Km2:auto

Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard is a civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, near the border with Shropshire in England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 654, increasing to 823 at the 2011 census.[1] The parish includes Blymhill, Weston-under-Lizard, Brineton, Brockhurst and Orslow.

In medieval times, the manor was held by the Brereton family, baronets of Handforth, Cheshire. Charles Brereton, the grandson of Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet and son of William Brereton, the 2nd Baronet, lived at Blymhill and died without direct heirs in 1674. He was succeeded by his niece Mary Levett, daughter of his sister Susanna and husband of John Levett, barrister of the Inner Temple.[2]

The parish was formed on 1 April 1986 from "Blymhill" and "Weston-under-Lizard".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 5 December 2015.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=yno4AAAAIAAJ&dq=john+levett+ward+brereton&pg=PA308 Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. I, William Salt Archaeological Society, Houghton and Hammond, Birmingham, 1880
  3. Web site: The South Staffordshire (Parishes) Order 1986. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 15 February 2023. 14 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230214112054/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/12129/south-staffordshire-parishes-order-1986.pdf. dead.