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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Staffordshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hammerwich St. John | |
Hundred | Offlow | |
Poor Law union | Lichfield |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hammerwich (St. John))
Maps
Online maps of Hammerwich are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)