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Hednesford
Hednesford (/ˈhɛnsfərd/ HENSS-fərd (ⓘ) 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 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Cannock and 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of Rugeley. The population at the 2011 census was 17,343.
Hednesford was first recorded as Hedenedford in AD 1153. The town has seen progressive name evolution over the last millennium, with the name being variously documented as Ed(e)nesford, Adnesford, Hedg(e)ford, and Hednesford.
The etymology of the placename is likely "The ford of Heddīn", Heddīn being an Old English diminutive form of the given name Headda.
The first recorded mention of Hednesford dates back to 1153, when King Stephen granted an exemption of pannage dues to the small hamlet of Hedenedford.
The town can be found on William Yates' 1775 map of Staffordshire (pictured), showing it as a small village with 13 buildings.
Hednesford developed as a coal mining town in the second half of the 19th century, with the opening of the Uxbridge Pit.
The Valley Pit (first called the Pool Pit) in Hednesford town centre opened in the 1870s. To prevent this pit from flooding, the Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Company diverted the brook that fed Hednesford Pool (pictured on the 1775 map). This led to the pool drying up by 1900. In 1931, the site was reopened as Hednesford Park.
Between 1914 and 1918 two army training camps were built in the area, and over half a million British and Commonwealth troops passed through destined for the Western Front of World War I.
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Hednesford
Hednesford (/ˈhɛnsfərd/ HENSS-fərd (ⓘ) 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 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Cannock and 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south of Rugeley. The population at the 2011 census was 17,343.
Hednesford was first recorded as Hedenedford in AD 1153. The town has seen progressive name evolution over the last millennium, with the name being variously documented as Ed(e)nesford, Adnesford, Hedg(e)ford, and Hednesford.
The etymology of the placename is likely "The ford of Heddīn", Heddīn being an Old English diminutive form of the given name Headda.
The first recorded mention of Hednesford dates back to 1153, when King Stephen granted an exemption of pannage dues to the small hamlet of Hedenedford.
The town can be found on William Yates' 1775 map of Staffordshire (pictured), showing it as a small village with 13 buildings.
Hednesford developed as a coal mining town in the second half of the 19th century, with the opening of the Uxbridge Pit.
The Valley Pit (first called the Pool Pit) in Hednesford town centre opened in the 1870s. To prevent this pit from flooding, the Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Company diverted the brook that fed Hednesford Pool (pictured on the 1775 map). This led to the pool drying up by 1900. In 1931, the site was reopened as Hednesford Park.
Between 1914 and 1918 two army training camps were built in the area, and over half a million British and Commonwealth troops passed through destined for the Western Front of World War I.
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