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′00″N 1°54′04″W / 52.6667°N 1.9011°W / 52.6667; -1.9011

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

External links

Media related to Hammerwich at Wikimedia Commons

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