Bobbington History
"Bobbington
parish, on the western verge of the county, nine miles SW of Wolverhampton, has
418 souls and 2630 acres of land, of which 22 souls and about 500 acres, with
part of the hamlet of Halfpenny Green, are in Shropshire. The Earl of Stamford
and William Moseley, Esq, are the principal proprietors of the soil, and the
latter, who has a pleasant seat here, called Leaton Hall, is lord of the manor
and impropriator, having purchased the tithes of the late Thomas Whitmore, Esq,
of Apley. The Right Hon Sir L Shadwell, the Rev John Pratt, Mr Thomas Bowen, and
a few smaller owners have estates in the parish."
[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire,
William White, Sheffield, 1851
Census
The population of Bobbington parish was as follows:
1801 -- 381
1811 -- 366
1821 -- 393
1831 -- 426
1841 -- 418
Church History
"Bobbington Parish Church is a small ancient structure, and
is in the diocese of Hereford. The perpetual curacy is in the patronage of TC
Whitmore, Esq, and incumbency of the Rev George Hilder Betterton Gabert, MA, of
Claverley."
[From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White,
Sheffield, 1851]
Bobbington was originally a chapelry to Claverley parish in Shropshire until
it became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1726. It was in Lichfield diocese
as a part of Bridgnorth peculiar until it was transferred in 1846 into Hereford
diocese. It was transferred back into Lichfield diocese in 1905
