Hammerwich

Hammerwich
Hammerwich
	From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station
	Hammerwich Location within Staffordshire
Population	691 (Census 2011)
OS grid reference	SK065075
District	Lichfield;
Shire county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Burntwood
Postcode district	WS7
Dialling code	01543
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Lichfield;
	List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°40′0″N 1°54′4″W / 52.66667°N 1.90111°W

Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish^[2] in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood and northeast of Brownhills.

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 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]

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ Parsons, David. "The name 'Hammerwich'". Portable Antiquities Scheme. British Museum. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Minutes of the 13 October 2009 Meeting of Lichfield District Council" (PDF). Lichfield District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

External links

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

[2] "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

[3] Parsons, David. "The name 'Hammerwich'". Portable Antiquities Scheme. British Museum. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[4] "Minutes of the 13 October 2009 Meeting of Lichfield District Council" (PDF). Lichfield District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

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