5-690: Muckley Corner is a small village and area of Hammerwich in Lichfield District of Staffordshire , England . The village is located on the A5 road / Watling Street and borders the Walsall Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands County and Lichfield District in Staffordshire. Muckley Corner is the only area of the parish of Hammerwich with a shop that is open 24 hours. There was
10-450: A police station originally in the village but it is now a private residence. It is also the headquarters of Planet Ice . There is a regular bus service between Walsall and Lichfield via Aldridge and Rushall . The South Staffordshire Line ran directly west of Muckley Corner. Hammerwich Station was only under a mile down what is now, Marebath Lane. The station was closer to Muckley Corner than Hammerwich itself. It closed in 1965 and
15-455: The Lichfield District , in Staffordshire , England. It is southeast of Burntwood and northeast of Brownhills . 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
20-417: The line closed in 1984 to Walsall but a stub from Brownhills to Lichfield via Hammerwich remained in use passing by Muckley Corner. This served an oil terminal until 2002 when the line was mothballed following the closure of the oil terminal. This Staffordshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hammerwich Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish in
25-542: The village over the years. Amenities in the village at present include 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
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