ARMITAGE, a parish, joint with Handsacre, in
the southern division of the hundred of OFFLOW,
county of STAFFORD, 2r miles (E. S. E.) from Rugeley,
containing, with Handsacre, 793 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Prebendary of Handsacre and
Armitage in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, endowed
with £400 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary
grant. The church is dedicated to St. John. There
is a place of worship for Calvinists. Some earthenware
is manufactured in the parish.