Hints, Staffordshire

Hints
View of a plain church, with a bell-tower above the crossing
St Bartholomew's Church
Hints
Hints shown within Staffordshire
Population 355 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SK1503
Civil parish
  • Hints
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TAMWORTH
Postcode district B78
Dialling code 01543
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament

Hints is a small village and civil parish[3] between Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire, within Lichfield local government district. The village is on the line of Watling Street, which was formerly the A5, but the A5 now runs in a cutting north of the village. The name of the parish council is Hints with Canwell.[4] The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew.[5]

The name Hints appears to derive from the Welsh word hynt, meaning 'a road' (referring to Watling Street). This suggests that the area was occupied by Welsh speakers until at least the late 6th century, when most of the Midlands had been occupied by the English.[6]

Physician and author Sir John Floyer (1649–1734) was born in Hints.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "United Kingdom Parliament". Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Parish clerk contact details". Lichfield District Council. 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Hints S. Bartholomew". The Church of England. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  6. ↑ Gelling, M. (1978) Signposts to the Past  ISBN 1-86077-376-1 p.101
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