Armitage
Coordinates: 52°44′30″N 1°52′37″W / 52.74156°N 1.87702°W
| Armitage | |
 Armitage
Armitage shown within Staffordshire |
|
| OS grid reference | SK084160 |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | Armitage with Handsacre |
| District | Lichfield |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RUGELEY |
| Postcode district | WS15 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Lichfield[1] |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal between Lichfield and Rugeley. Together with the adjacent village of Handsacre, it forms the parish of Armitage with Handsacre.
Contents |
[edit] Village amenities
Armitage has a variety of village amemites including a Londis, a privately owned fishing shop, a corner newspaper shop and the Croft Primary School. Armitage is also the home of Armitage Shanks.
[edit] Other
The name comes from the Middle English Ermitage, meaning 'Hermitage',[2] from a tradition that a hermit lived between the church and the River Trent[citation needed]. It does not appear in the Domesday Book although Handsacre does.
The professional golfer Robert Rock was born in Armitage.
Armitage is close to the villages of Handsacre and Hill Ridware. It is also close to the towns of Rugeley and Stafford.
[edit] References
- ^ "United Kingdom Parliament". http://www.parliament.uk/. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Institute for Name-Studies. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/results_search.php#. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
[edit] External links
Media related to Armitage at Wikimedia Commons
 |
This Staffordshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
