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Burntwood
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Also known as Burntwood, Staffordshire, Burnt Wood

Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England. It is approximately west of Lichfield and north east of Brownhills, with a population of 26,049 and forming part of Lichfield district.

Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Christchurch Burntwood.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Christchurch, Burntwood
UK place.official_name
Burntwood
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
West Midlands
UK place.population
26,049
UK place.population_ref
(2020)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SK0509
UK place.post_town
BURNTWOOD
UK place.postcode_area
WS
UK place.postcode_district
WS7
UK place.dial_code
01543
UK place.constituency_westminster
Lichfield
UK place.shire_district
Lichfield
UK place.shire_county
Staffordshire
UK place.parts_type
Areas of the town
UK place.p1
Boney Hay
UK place.p2
Burntwood Green

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Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England. It is approximately 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 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burntwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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