In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Handsacre like this:

Handsacre, vil., Armitage par., E. Staffordshire, 4. m. NW. of Lichfield. See ARMITAGE and HANDSACRE.

Handsacre through time

Handsacre is now part of LICHFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how LICHFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Handsacre itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Handsacre, in Lichfield and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31042

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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