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Whittington Barracks is a British Army base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum. ==Early history== The barracks were constructed on Whittington Heath. The heath had been the site of the Lichfield races which had moved from Fradley in 1702. During the 18th century they were one of the largest and well attended race meetings in the Midlands and in 1773 a grandstand was erected near the Lichfield-Tamworth Road. However, during the 19th century the popularity of the races dwindled, and military use of the heath grew. The War Office approached the Marquess of Anglesey in 1875 to buy the heath for the building of a barracks. The barracks were intended to be the depot of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) which amalgamated under the Childers Reforms to form the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1881. They were also intended to be the depot of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot which amalgamated under the Childers Reforms to form the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1881. Construction started in 1877 and the formal handing over of the newly built barracks to the military was recorded in 1881.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Quartermaster's Stores )〕 In 1895 the last race meeting was held after the War Office declared it was "undesirable to hold a race meeting at the gate of the barracks." The Lichfield races are remembered in the names of pubs in Freeford called the Horse & Jockey and in Lichfield, The Scales which was where jockeys were "weighed in". The old grandstand became a soldiers home before it was purchased in 1957 by Whittington Heath Golf Course as its clubhouse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Whittington Heath Golf Club; Golf Club History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whittington Barracks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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