Description:Dating from 1864 the Rectory in Armitage is now (2024) known as The Old Rectory and is a private house
At the time of the 1911 census Mrs Frances Glennie, listed as the widow of a clergyman, lived in the Rectory with two unmarried daughters and three female servants. The Rev. John David Glennie had been the vicar of Croxton until his death in 1903.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.