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Hammerwich

Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood.

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Place details

Locality: Lichfield
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Hammerwich Collage.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station
UK place.official_name: Hammerwich
UK place.shire_district: Lichfield
UK place.shire_county: Staffordshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Lichfield
UK place.post_town: Burntwood
UK place.postcode_district: WS7
UK place.postcode_area: WS
UK place.dial_code: 01543
UK place.os_grid_reference

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Lichfield
Population: +3818

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Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish 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.