HOPWAS-HAYES, a liberty (extra-parochial), locally
in that part of the parish of Tamworth which is
in the southern division of the hundred of OFFLOW,
county of STAFFORD, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Tamworth,
containing 3 inhabitants. The Birmingham and
Fazeley canal passes through this liberty. Thomas
Barnes, in 1724, gave a messuage and croft for the residence
of a schoolmaster, or mistress; the annual value
is £ 14, for which twenty children are instructed by a
schoolmistress.