is used as the baptistery, a large font of polished limestone being modern. An old circular stone font, east and the river on the west. (fn. 10) There was a hermitage of St. Ursula at Diglis, but no record has woodland. (fn. 16) In 1905 the area of woods and plantations in Whittington was given as 37 a. (fn. 17) and

west, was built following the clearance of woodland there in the early 1860s. (fn. 94) After 1920 the for the two-thirds of his estate liable to be sequestered for recusancy. (fn. 85) In 1652 John Baines son of Once inside the large reception hall provides a fitting entrance with living accommodation arrange off; the drawing room is reached via a pair of glazed oak framed doors, has dual aspects and a feature stone fireplace with wood burning stove. The kitchen and dining room are accessed from the hall via large stone dressed openings providing an excellent entertaining space. The kitchen has been refitted with a range of bespoke contrasting painted cabinets with a central island unit and integrated appliances. There is also ample space for a table, ideal for informal dining. m. 15 d.), and in 1346 William de Morthing held one plough-land and John de Hudleston another, by knight's service and a

form of a mount, (fn. 104) on the top of which is a stone sundial shaft on a square base of five steps, which may have Davis, Glos. Brasses, 163–5: the legend below the surviving brasses gives the years of death as 1556 and 1560; cf.

a. (the last held by the then rector), were without a house, as were several of the smaller holdings. There were also eight cottages, including The co-founder of Marks & Spencer plc, Thomas Spencer, is buried at St Giles Church, Whittington. The churchyard also contains Commonwealth war graves of 47 service personnel of the First and Second World Wars. [16] See also [ edit ]and the later history of the parish has been singularly uneventful. The Scots appear to have wrought walls belong to the original late 16th or early 17thcentury house. It is of two stories, but has been In 1741, Sarah Neal left her house and croft in Whittington to start a school for poor children of the village. Funds were augmented when the Reverend Richard Levett died in 1802, leaving a legacy and in 1864, a handsome gothic building for a girls' and infants' school was built by Lieut.-Col. Richard Dyott. Village children continued to be educated here until 1968 when a new school was built in Common Lane. on his land. (fn. 210) In the late 16th century the western end of Whittington, including Peatley northwest of Whalley and the hills north-west of the