Hammerwich

Hammerwich
Hammerwich
	From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station.
	Hammerwich Location within Staffordshire
Population	691 (Census 2011)
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 placesUKEnglandStaffordshire52°39′58″N 1°54′04″W / 52.666°N 1.901°W

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.

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]

References

External links

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