Hints, Staffordshire
| Hints | |
|---|---|
 St Bartholomew's Church | |
  Hints Location within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 355 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SK1503 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TAMWORTH |
| Postcode district | B78 |
| Dialling code | 01543/0121 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | hintswithcanwellparishcouncil |
Hints is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Canwell. In 2011 the parish had a population of 355.
Geography
Hints lies 3 miles (5 km) west of Tamworth, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Lichfield and 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Sutton Coldfield.[3]
The village is located along 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 centre of Hints is situated 200 metres north of Bourne Brook (aka Black Brook), a western tributary of the River Tame, and nearby villages include Hopwas, Weeford and Drayton Bassett.
On 1 April 1934 the parish of Canwell was abolished and merged with Hints.[6]
Toponymy
The name Hints appears to derive from the Welsh word hynt, meaning 'a road' (referring to Watling Street). This suggests that Welsh speakers occupied the area until at least the late 6th century, when most of the Midlands had been occupied by the English.[7]
Twycross Zoo
Twycross Zoo was founded in 1963 by pet shop owners Molly Badham and Nathalie Evans, after the pair's increasing zoological collection outgrew their three-quarter-acre site in Hints.
Notable people
- John Floyer (1649–1734), a physician and author.[8]
- John Floyer (c. 1681–1762) son of the above and politician, MP for Tamworth
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "United Kingdom Parliament". Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Genuki: distance calculator". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ "Parish clerk contact details". Lichfield District Council. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Hints S. Bartholomew". The Church of England. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ^ "Hints Parish (AP/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ Gelling, M. (1978) Signposts to the Past ISBN 1-86077-376-1 p.101
- ^ Payne, Joseph Frank. . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. pp. 346–340.
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