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Hammerwich, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Hammerwich, a village and a chapelry in Lichfield St Michael parish, Staffordshire, on the south-eastern verge of Cannock Chase, on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, 3 miles WSW of Lichfield, with a station on the Walsall, Lichfield, and Derby branch of the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Lichfield. Population of the ecclesiastical district, 1573. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Anglesey. Portion of the chapelry was made a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1860. Population, 611. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £283. The church was rebuilt in 1873. A mausoleum of the Ashmalls is near the church. A cottage hospital was erected in 1882.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyStaffordshire 
Ecclesiastical parishHammerwich St. John 
HundredOfflow 
Poor Law unionLichfield 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Hammerwich


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hammerwich from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Hammerwich are available from a number of sites:

DistrictLichfield
CountyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWS7
Post TownBurntwood

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