Burntwood is a former mining town and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

Lichfield District Lichfield District () is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district is named after its largest settlement, the city of Lichfield, which is where the district council is based. The district also c ...

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. It is approximately west of

Lichfield Lichfield () is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated south-east of the county town of Stafford, north-east of Walsall, north-west of ...

and north east of

Brownhills Brownhills is a historic market and industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall of the West Midlands county, England. The town is located south of Cannock Chase and close to the large Chasewater reservoir, it is northeast of Walsa ...

, with a

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

of 26,049 and forming part of

Lichfield district Lichfield District () is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district is named after its largest settlement, the city of Lichfield, which is where the district council is based. The district also c ...

. The town forms one of the largest urbanised

parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

in England.

Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson ( – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...

opened an

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in nearby

Edial Edial is a hamlet to the east of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. For population details taken at the 2011 census see Burntwood. Edial Hall School, Edial, is celebrated as the house in which lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, opened an academ ...

in 1736. The town is home to the smallest park (opened to commemorate the marriage of the

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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 Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

industry. Areas of Burntwood are Boney Hay, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Gorstey Lea, Burntwood Green, and Summerfield & All Saints. Nearby places are

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton ...

, Cannock Wood,

Norton Canes Norton Canes is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies close to the borders of the Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Walsall districts. It is situated from Cannock. At the 2001 census, it ...

, Gentleshaw, Pipehill, Muckley Corner,

Hammerwich Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood. Name The name may derive from ''hamor'' (Old English: a hammer) and ''wīc'' (Old English: a place of industry, ...

and

. In July 2009 a Burntwood man, Terry Herbert, discovered a hoard of Saxon treasure with a metal detector in a field in the adjoining village of

. Known as the

Staffordshire Hoard The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork . It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of of gold, of silver and some 3,500 pieces of garnet cloisonné je ...

, it is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold yet found. Burntwood Asylum

Transport

Burntwood - along with Chasetown - has bus connections 60 and 62 to

and

operated by

Chaserider Chaserider is the brand name for bus services operated around Cannock and Staffordshire by D&G Bus, a local bus operator owned by Centrebus who are based in Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. History The Chaserider brand name, wh ...

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operate service 8 (previously 10A) to Lichfield also linking Brownhills and Walsall.

Arriva Midlands Arriva Midlands is a bus operator providing services in the East Midlands and West Midlands areas of England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus. Arriva Midlands North Operations In September 1981 Midland Red North was formed with 230 bu ...

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

Hednesford Hednesford ( () is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. The Cannock Chase area of natural beauty is to the north of the town. Hednesford is also to the north of Cannock and to the south of ...

and

, of which Lichfield is the closest. Burntwood was served by the South Staffordshire Line which had a

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

. 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 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.

Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by

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and

ITV Central ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee in the English Midlands. It was created following ...

. Television signals are received from the

Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ( ), is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of L ...

TV transmitter. Local radio stations are

BBC Radio WM BBC Radio WM is the BBC's local radio station serving the West Midlands. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Mailbox in Birmingham. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 193,000 ...

, Capital Mid-Counties,

Heart West Midlands Heart West Midlands is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to the West Midlands. History Heart began broadcasting to the West Midlands on Tuesday 6 September 1994, as 100.7 Heart F ...

, Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands, Smooth West Midlands,

Hits Radio Birmingham Hits Radio Birmingham, formerly Free Radio Birmingham, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Birmingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Birmingham and the West Mid ...

and Cannock Chase Radio FM, a community radio station that broadcast from

Cannock Chase Cannock Chase, often referred to locally as The Chase, is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase National Landscape, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and muc ...

. The town is served by the local newspapers,

Lichfield Mercury The ''Lichfield Mercury'' is a local newspaper published by Local World Ltd. It serves the Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Ki ...

and Lichfield Live.

Education

Nursery schools

* Abacus Early Learners * Busy Bees at St Matthew's * Little People Nursery * Sunny Days Nursery * Little Owls Nursery * Oakbridge Little Learners

Primary schools

* Boney Hay Primary Academy (previously Boney Hay Community Primary School) * Chase Terrace Primary School * Chasetown Community School * Fulfen Primary School * Highfields Primary School * Holly Grove Primary School * Ridgeway Primary School * Springhill Primary School * St Joseph and St Theresa Catholic Primary School

Secondary schools

* Chase Terrace Academy (previously Chase Terrace Technology College, before that Chase Terrace High School) * Erasmus Darwin Academy (previously Chasetown Specialist Sports College, before that Chasetown High School) 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.

Special education

* Maple Hayes Hall School

Notable people

* John Cornwall (c.1366–1414), soldier, politician and landowner; in 1417, when sued for £20, gave his residence as Abnalls in Burntwood *

Francis Barber Francis Barber ( – 13 January 1801), born Quashey, was the Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784. Johnson made him his residual heir, with £70 () a year to be given him by trustees, expres ...

, (1742-1801),

's Jamaican manservant and assistant, who set up a school here. * William Raynes (1871–1966), a British politician, MP for

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1923–4, alderman and

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1921–22 *

Alan Wiley Alan G. Wiley (born 27 May 1960) is a former English football referee in the FA Premier League, who is based in Burntwood, Staffordshire. Career Wiley first took up the whistle in 1981, then officiated in the West Midlands (Regional) League un ...

(born 1960), a former English football referee * Gary J. Tunnicliffe (born 1968), a British special make-up effects designer, writer and director * Jon Brookes (1969-2013), former drummer from The Charlatans *

Jimmy Hill James William Thomas Hill, Order of the British Empire, OBE (22 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was an English football in England, footballer and later a television personality. His career included almost every role in the sport, including pla ...

(born 1989), English radio, television, and Internet personality *

Stephen Sutton Stephen Robert Sutton (16 December 1994 – 14 May 2014), was an English blogger and charity activist known for his blog ''Stephen's Story'' and his fundraising efforts for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity for the aid of teenagers with cancer ...

(1994–2014), blogger for ''Stephen's Story'' and charity activist for the

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* Olivia Fergusson (born 1995), footballer who plays in the Australian

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for

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References

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