Hammerwich

Hammerwich
From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station.
Hammerwich
Hammerwich shown within Staffordshire
Population	3,818 (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
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Lichfield
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°39′58″N 1°54′04″W / 52.666°N 1.901°W / 52.666; -1.901Coordinates: 52°39′58″N 1°54′04″W / 52.666°N 1.901°W / 52.666; -1.901

Hammerwich is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, south-east of Burntwood.

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.

Charcoal burning, nail making, agriculture and coal mining have all been prevalent in the village over the years.

Amenities in the village at present include a post office,this has now closed down, 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.

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

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