Hammerwich

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Hammerwich
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From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station.
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Hammerwich
Location within Staffordshire
Population691 (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
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52°39′58″N1°54′04″W / 52.666°N 1.901°W / 52.666; -1.901

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.

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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]

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References

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

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