Hanchurch

Hanchurch
Hanchurch village skyline
Hanchurch Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ848413
•  London	160 mi (260 km)  SSE
Civil parish	Swynnerton
District	Stafford
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
Postcode district	ST5
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent South
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°58′09″N2°13′39″W / 52.969297°N 2.227428°W / 52.969297; -2.227428

Hanchurch is a rural village ^[1] in the Borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. It skirts the boundaries of the Stafford Borough, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough and City of Stoke-on-Trent. The main boundaries for the village are both the M6 Motorway/Hanchurch Interchange and the A500 road/Queensway. The nearby Hanchurch Hills offer scenic walks and views of Stoke-on-Trent and the Moorlands. ^[2]

History

Hanchurch was first recorded in the Domesday Book in the Pirehill Hundred of Staffordshire. ^[3]

According to its entry in the book:

Land of Richard the forester

Households Households: 2 villagers. 7 smallholders. Land and resources Ploughland: 2 ploughlands. 1.5 men's plough teams. Other resources: Meadow 1 acres. Woodland 2 * 1 furlongs. Valuation Annual value to lord: 5 shillings in 1086. Owners Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Richard the forester. Lord in 1086: Richard the forester.

Lord in 1066: Pata.

— Open Domesday, Hanchurch, Hanchurch was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Pirehill and the county of Staffordshire. It had a recorded population of 9 households in 1086, putting it in the smallest 40% of settlements recorded in Domesday.

Transport

The village is well connected by road to the wider motorway network and local roads to Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Nantwich. The nearest railway station is Stoke-on-Trent.

References

1. "Hanchurch, Staffordshire (Village)". gazetteer.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
2. "Hanchurch Hills Walks". Our Beautiful Stafford Borough. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
3. "Hanchurch | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 July 2025.