# Blithbury

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Village in Staffordshire, England

Human settlement in England

Blithbury The Bull and Spectacles Blithbury Location within Staffordshire OS grid reference SK083201 Civil parish Mavesyn Ridware District Lichfield Shire county Staffordshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town RUGELEY Postcode district WS15 Dialling code 01889 Police Staffordshire Fire Staffordshire Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament Lichfield List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°46′40″N 1°52′40″W / 52.777778°N 1.877778°W / 52.777778; -1.877778

**Blithbury** is a small village in [Lichfield District](/source/Lichfield_(district)), [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire), England. Part of the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Mavesyn Ridware](/source/Mavesyn_Ridware), it lies near the [River Blithe](/source/River_Blithe), about 3 miles (5 km) north of [Handsacre](/source/Handsacre), 3 miles north-east of [Rugeley](/source/Rugeley), and 3 miles south of [Abbots Bromley](/source/Abbots_Bromley).

There used to be a [public house](/source/Public_house) on the corner of Blithbury Road and Uttoxeter Road which was called *The Bull and Spectacles*, but it has now closed.[1] In the 19th century, the pub had the more common name of *Bull's Head*.[2]

In the first half of the 12th century, religious houses for monks and nuns were founded at Blithbury. Within a few decades, only the nuns are mentioned. The order was associated with the nuns of [Black Ladies Priory](/source/Black_Ladies_Priory), [Brewood](/source/Brewood).[2][3] It was eventually absorbed by them, so there is no mention of the nuns of Blithbury after the early 14th century.[2][3]

According to [Douglas Adams](/source/Douglas_Adams)' 1983 humorous dictionary "[The Meaning of Liff](/source/The_Meaning_of_Liff)", a Blithbury is "A look someone gives you by which you become aware that they're much too drunk to have understood anything you've said to them in the last twenty minutes".

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pub_1-0)** ["Bull & Spectacles, Blithbury"](https://camra.org.uk/pubs/bull-spectacles-blithbury-123998). 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rhs_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rhs_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-rhs_2-2) ["Blithbury"](http://www.kmaone.com/rhs/Blithbury.htm). Ridware History Society. 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bho_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bho_3-1) ["Houses of Benedictine nuns – the priory of Blithbury"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37843). 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009 – via British History Online.

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