- Curborough and Elmhurst
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Curborough and Elmhurst Civil parish Status: Parish Governance: Parish Council, with Farewell and Chorley Main settlements: Curborough, Elmhurst Administration Primary council: Lichfield County: Staffordshire Region: West Midlands Coordinates: 52°42′30″N 1°49′30″W / 52.70833°N 1.825°WCoordinates: 52°42′30″N 1°49′30″W / 52.70833°N 1.825°W Politics UK Parliament: Lichfield European Parliament: West Midlands Curborough and Elmhurst is a civil parish[1] in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The hamlets of Curborough and Elmhurst, that make up the parish, lie just north of the City of Lichfield, and are separated from each other by the West Coast Main Line. The parish council is a joint one with Farewell and Chorley[2]. Curborough's name derives from Old English. The words for mill stream in Old English were 'cweorn burna,' and likely referred to Curborough brook.
Geography
The northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Curborough and Elmhurst run along Full, Curborough and Circuit Brooks, the western boundary runs partly along Bilson Brook, and partly along the A51.
The subsoil is Keuper Marl (Mercia Mudstone) with a band of Keuper Sandstone (Bromsgrove Sandstone) along the western boundary. There are stretches of Alluvium along Full, Curborough and Bilson Brooks. The land lies at its highest in the south where Binns Farm stands at 387ft (118m). It falls away steeply on the north to Bilson Brook. On the east it slopes down more gently to 246ft (75m) on the northern boundary near New Farm and to 231ft (70m) on the eastern boundary at Curborough Farm.
History
An early resident of Curborough was Dr. Zachary Babington, prebendary of Curborough in 1584[3] and later precentor of Lichfield Cathedral and diocesan chancellor. Babington built an estate called Curborough Hall, where he died in 1613. His son William[4], a lawyer married to Ellen (Littleton) Babington[5], succeeded him to Curborough Hall estate and farm, and was in turn succeeded by a son Zachary, a lawyer with a practice at Lichfield. The Curborough Hall estate later fell to three heiresses of the Babington family, one of whom married Theophilus Levett[6], town clerk of Lichfield, whose son John Levett, briefly an MP inherited the home. By 1925, the last of the Levett heirs, Theophilus Basil Percy Levett, sold the farm out of the family.[7]
References
- ^ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/geography/products/geog-products-area/names-codes/administrative/index.html. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ "Parish clerk contact details". Lichfield District Council. 2009. http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=540. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ Prebendaries of Curborough, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857, Volume 10, Joyce M. Horn, 2003, British History Online
- ^ Zachary Babington, Whittington District History Society, Whittington, Staffordshire
- ^ The English Baronetage, Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing, Arthur Collins, Printed for Thomas Wotton, London, 1741
- ^ A Survey of Staffordshire Containing the Antiquities of That County, Sampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood, Printed for John Nichols and Son, Westminster, 1820
- ^ A History of the County of Stafford, Vol. 14, M.W. Greenslade (ed.), 1990, British History Online
Lichfield District Council Lichfield District CouncilCivil parishes Alrewas • Armitage with Handsacre • Burntwood • Clifton Campville • Colton • Curborough and Elmhurst • Drayton Bassett • Edingale • Elford • Farewell and Chorley • Fazeley • Fisherwick • Fradley • Hammerwich • Hamstall Ridware • Harlaston • Hints • Kings Bromley • Lichfield • Longdon • Mavesyn Ridware • Shenstone • Streethay • Swinfen and Packington • Thorpe Constantine • Wall • Weeford • Whittington • Wigginton and HopwasCategories:- Civil parishes in Staffordshire
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