Hammerwich
Hammerwich | |
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![]() From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station. | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 691 (Census 2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SK065075 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Burntwood |
Postcode district | WS7 |
Dialling code | 01543 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish[2] in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, south-east of Burntwood.
Name
The name may derive from hamor (Old English: a hammer) and wīc (Old English: a place of industry, specialist agriculture or trading), indicating a smithy or metal-working site.[3]
Charcoal burning, nail making, agriculture and coal mining have all been prevalent in the village over the years.
Culture
Amenities in the village at present include a post office,this has now closed down, a community centre, a Women's Institute hall and St John the Baptist Church. There are also numerous green lanes, footpaths and streams in the surrounding countryside.
Anglo-Saxon archaeology
In July 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard, a collection of over 3,500 items of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork, was found in a field 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south west of the village [4]
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ Parsons, David. "The name 'Hammerwich'". Portable Antiquities Scheme. British Museum. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Minutes of the 13 October 2009 Meeting of Lichfield District Council" (PDF). Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
External links
Media related to Hammerwich at Wikimedia Commons