13-530: Chasetown is a village in the town of Burntwood in Staffordshire , England. It is split between the civil parishes of Burntwood and Hammerwich . Chasetown developed in the mid 19th century as a coal mining village. At first the village was simply known as Cannock Chase due to its proximity to the nearby forest , it was known as Chasetown by 1867. The first pit was sunk by the Marquess of Anglesey in 1849, when
26-600: A station in Hammerwich . There were many mineral lines in Burntwood which connected to Chasewater collieries as well as Angelsea Sidings . There is a heritage railway called the Chasewater Railway which is nearby with stops at Chasetown (Church Street) and Chasewater Heaths . In 2015, Lichfield District Council released a transport plan for Burntwood mentioning that if the line reopens to passenger services, there could be
39-556: A Burntwood man, Terry Herbert, discovered a hoard of Saxon treasure with a metal detector in a field in the adjoining village of Hammerwich . Known as the Staffordshire Hoard , it is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold yet found. Burntwood - along with Chasetown - has bus connections 60 and 62 to Cannock and Lichfield operated by Chaserider . National Express West Midlands operate service 8 (previously 10A) to Lichfield also linking Brownhills and Walsall. Arriva Midlands
52-711: A chance of a new station to serve the town. Ring Road near the town centre, as the name suggests, was intended to form part of the ring road around the town centre, a function superseded by the A5190. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio WM , Capital Mid-Counties , Heart West Midlands , Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands , Smooth West Midlands , Hits Radio Birmingham and Cannock Chase Radio FM ,
65-564: A community radio station that broadcast from Cannock Chase . The town is served by the local newspapers, Lichfield Mercury and Lichfield Live. Both high schools fell victim to arson attacks in 2002. Most of Chase Terrace was destroyed in August 2002. While Chasetown Specialist Sports College lost its gym facility in December 2002. Both buildings have been rebuilt and refurbished. Summerfield %26 All Saints Summerfield & All Saints
78-604: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Burntwood Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire , England . It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) west of Lichfield and north east of Brownhills , with a population of 26,049 and forming part of Lichfield district . The town forms one of the largest urbanised parishes in England. Samuel Johnson opened an academy in nearby Edial in 1736. The town
91-690: Is home to the smallest park (opened to commemorate the marriage of the Prince of Wales in 1863) in the UK , Prince's Park , which is located next to Christ Church on the junction of Farewell Lane and Church Road. The town expanded in the nineteenth century around the coal mining industry. Areas of Burntwood are Boney Hay , Chase Terrace , Chasetown , Gorstey Lea , Burntwood Green , and Summerfield & All Saints . Nearby places are Brownhills , Cannock , Cannock Wood , Norton Canes , Gentleshaw , Pipehill , Muckley Corner , Hammerwich and Lichfield . In July 2009
104-408: Is the name given to the ward and suburb of Burntwood in the Lichfield District in the county of Staffordshire , England. It is one of the six wards on Burntwood Town Council Summerfield & All Saints cover the central and eastern parts of Burntwood. It is mainly consisting of residential, industrial and commercial buildings. The most notable landmark in the ward is Edail House Farm which
117-520: The Hammerwich Colliery opened at the base of Chasewater reservoir . Cannock Chase Collieries No.2 and No.9 opened in the 1850s to the west of the village where the Rugby club is sited today. As a result of the mining industry, housing for the miners began to be developed around High Street, Church Street and Queen Street. Three pairs of cottages were built on the north side of Church Street in 1854, and
130-492: The adjoining Uxbridge Arms existed by 1856. By 1860 two shopkeepers, three beer retailers, The Miners'Rest and The Junction a builder, a drill owner, a shoemaker, and a market gardener were listed at the village of Cannock Chase. St Anne's Church was built by 1865 and by 1883 the village had spread as far north as Hill Street. After World War II the village began to grow eastwards when the Oakdene estate began to be built. The estate
143-759: The area other than Chasewater reservoir which provided water for the canals that were used to transport coal to Birmingham and the Black Country , and Chasewater Light Railway which has been restored for leisure use. St Anne's Church was said to be the first church in England to have electric lighting, with power supplied by the collliery in 1883. The church, built in 1865, is grade II* listed . Chasetown Football Club , Burntwood Rugby Club, Chasewater Watersports Centre and Erasmus Darwin Academy are also based here. [REDACTED] Media related to Chasetown at Wikimedia Commons This Staffordshire location article
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#1733085071163156-476: Was still expanding by 1958 when it became the largest council estate in Lichfield district . The last mine closed in 1959 but the village continued expanding as it became an overspill area for people from the Black Country . The rural green spaces between Burntwood and Chasetown were developed by the early 1970s which effectively joined the two villages. There is today little evidence of the mining industry left in
169-528: Was the former operator of most bus routes around Burntwood before being taken over by D&G Bus in January 2021, now operating under Chaserider brand which is a subsidiary of D&G. There are no railway connections in Burntwood. The nearest railway stations are Lichfield , Hednesford and Cannock , of which Lichfield is the closest. Burntwood was served by the South Staffordshire Line which had
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