Pipehill

Pipehill is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hammerwich, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Wall and Hammerwich. In 1891 the parish had a population of 139.[1]

Pipehill
Pipehill is located in Staffordshire
Pipehill
Pipehill
Location within Staffordshire
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBURNTWOOD
Postcode districtWS7
Dialling code01543
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

The village consists of farms, housing, petrol station, offices and Pipehills Fisheries.

There is an hourly bus service that runs through Pipehill from Lichfield to Walsall via Walsall Wood and Aldridge. The nearest railway station is Lichfield City. The now disused South Staffordshire Line ran through Pipehill with a station at Hammerwich. This station closed in 1965 and the line in 2002. Although the section to Brownhills and Walsall was closed in 1984.

Pipehill also has a former toll house on Walsall Road which is now in private ownership. The nearest churches is in Wall and Hammerwich.

History

Pipehill was formerly a township in the parish of Lichfield St Michael,[2] from 1866 Pipehill was a civil parish in its own right,[3] in 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Wall and Lichfield St Michael.[4]

References
  1. "Population statistics Pipehill Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "History of Pipehill, in Lichfield and Staffordshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. "Relationships and changes Pipehill Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. "Lichfield Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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