Just three memorial stones stand in the churchyard of Holy Cross Catholic Church. Father Time and Mother Nature have taken their toll and the names are barely legible but look closely and you’ll see each of them belongs to members of the Corfield family. You may also notice that the monument in the middle has…

Prior to the consecration of Christ Church in 1820, Burntwood burials took place at St Michael’s Lichfield. It’s a long way to carry a coffin and we know at some point a parish hearse was provided to help lighten the load. Records from 1769 reveal that Mrs Elizabeth Ball left money to help with its…

A 17th century alehouse and smithy at Burntwood Green became known as the Star Inn by 1790. Whilst the Star survives a second now lost beer house in the area was the Three Horseshoes which is recorded as existing by 1770 and was still serving ale in the mid-nineteenth century when Thomas Horton was the…