Curborough and Elmhurst
Curborough and Elmhurst is a civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The hamlets of Curborough and Elmhurst, that make up the parish, lie just north of the City of Lichfield, and are separated from each other by the West Coast Main Line. The parish council is a joint one with Farewell and Chorley. Curborough's name derives from Old English. The words for mill stream in Old English were 'cweorn burna,' and likely referred to Curborough brook.
Geography
The northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Curborough and Elmhurst run along Full, Curborough and Circuit Brooks, the western boundary runs partly along Bilson Brook, and partly along the A51. The eastern part of Curborough, on the east side of Curborough Brook, is in Fradley and Streethay civil parishes, on the boundary of those parishes after they split on 1 April 2023.The subsoil is Keuper Marl with a band of Keuper Sandstone along the western boundary. There are stretches of Alluvium along Full, Curborough and Bilson Brooks. The land lies at its highest in the south where Binns Farm stands at 387 ft. It falls away steeply on the north to Bilson Brook. On the east it slopes down more gently to 246 ft on the northern boundary near New Farm and to 231 ft on the eastern boundary at Curborough Farm.