Milwich, Staffordshire

Milwich is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.LocationThe village is 7.8mi north east of the town of Stafford, and 12.4mi south west of Stoke on Trent. The nearest railway station is 5.5mi west in the town of Stone. The village is situate on the B 5027. The nearest main road are the A51 which passes the village 2.3mi to the south west.PopulationThe 2011 census recorded a population of 418 in 175 Households. The parish comes under the Stafford Non-Metropolitan District.Village FacilitiesThe village has a post office which can be found at Prospect House, Coton Hill. Within the village there is one public house which is called the Green Man. The parish church is called All Saints which is notable for possessing the oldest dated bell in Staffordshire and the seventh oldest dated English bell. The present church was rebuilt in place of an early medieval church 1792 and is a Grade II listed building. Further renovations and alterations saw a gallery added in 1837 with the interior pitch pine paneled installed in 1888.HistoryDomesday BookMilwich is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the survey the village has the name Mulewiche and Melewich in the Hundred of Pirehill. In the survey the settlement was described as quite small with only 8 households. The assets of the village listed include 4 villager or villein, meadow of 1 acres, a league of woodland and 4 smallholders. There was also 4 ploughlands (land for), 1 lord's plough teams, 3 men's plough teams. In 1066 the lord of the manor was held by Swein Rafwin. In 1086 the lord of the manor was held by Osbern. The Tenant-in-chief in 1086 was Robert of Stafford. Taxation figures show the village had a Taxable value 0.8 geld units with a value to lord in 1086 of £1. The total tax assessment was valued at 1 geld unit.