TATENHILL, a township and a parish in Burton-upon-Trent district, Stafford. The township lies 3 miles SW of Burton r. station, and has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent. Real property, £4,739. Pop., 519. house s, 102. The parish includes three other townships, and comprises 9,408 acres. Pop. in 1851, 2,329; in 1 861, 2,500. Houses, 542. The property is much sub-divided. The manor belonged anciently to the Ferrerses; and passed to John of Gaunt, the Somervilles, the Griffyths, and others. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, and is annexed to the deanery. Value, not reported.* The church is old but good. The p. curacies of Barton-under-Needwood, Dunstall, and Wichnor are separate benefices. Charities, £103.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))