Hammerwich

Hammerwich
From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station
Hammerwich Location within Staffordshire
Population	691 (Census 2011) [1]
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″N1°54′4″W / 52.66667°N 1.90111°W / 52.66667; -1.90111

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

• Listed buildings in Hammerwich

References

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.

External links

Media related to Hammerwich at Wikimedia Commons