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.

Hammerwich
From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station.
Hammerwich is located in Staffordshire
Hammerwich
Hammerwich
Location within Staffordshire
Population 691 (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
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
52°39′58″N 1°54′04″W / 52.666°N 1.901°W / 52.666; -1.901

Name edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  Media related to Hammerwich at Wikimedia Commons