Woodhouses, Lichfield District

Woodhouses
Junction of St Matthew's Road and Woodhouses Road, Woodhouses
Woodhouses Location within Staffordshire
•  London	128 mi (206 km)  SSE
Civil parish	Burntwood
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′51″N1°53′00″W / 52.680697°N 1.883216°W / 52.680697; -1.883216

Woodhouses is a hamlet ^[1] in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England. It is located close to Burntwood Green, Creswell Green, Edial and Hammerwich. It also slightly adjoins the wider Burntwood urban area at Burntwood Green. Woodhouses is part of the wider civil parish of Burntwood.

History

Woodhouses was one of the three original settlements of Burntwood, alongside neighbouring Burntwood Green and Edial as a township within the ancient parish of Lichfield St Michael. ^[2] In the mid-19th century, Burntwood Green, Ediall and Woodhouses grew alongside the newer villages of Boney Hay, Burntwood, Chase Terrace and Chasetown during the Industrial Revolution and coal mines. Following closure of the coal mines, Burntwood Green was effectively merged with the four villages and now forms a large part of Burntwoods urban area. ^[3]

However, Edial and Woodhouses managed to maintain their rural identities. ^[4]

St Matthew's Hospital

Burntwood Asylum

At one point, Woodhouses was home to "Burntwood Asylum" which had its own onsite chapel named "St Matthews". It was dedicated to Saint Matthew. Following the asylums closure in 1995, it was redeveloped for housing which maintained a majority of the old asylum buildings and the church has been converted into a nursery.

Amenities

Woodhouses is mostly rural in character and is home to a few small residential estates. The hamlet is also home to its own cemetery, a social club named "St Matthews Sports & Social Club" ^[5] and a nursery called "Busy Bees at St Matthews". ^[6] As well as a missionary church dedicated to Saint Chad, which is a catholic church. ^[7]

References

1. "Woodhouses, Staffordshire (Hamlet)". gazetteer.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
2. "Burntwood". www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
3. "Woodhouses". Burntwood Family History Group. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
4. Catalogue description Staffordshire: Burntwood Edial and Woodhouses; Pipehill; and Wall. Boundary remark book... 1876.
5. "Sunday Lunch | St Matthews Sports & Social Club | England". St Matthews Sports &. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
6. "Nursery in Burntwood | St Matthews Nursery | Busy Bees". www.busybeeschildcare.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
7. "Chad's AAC Mission". Cylex. Retrieved 4 August 2025.