Hatherton, Staffordshire

Hatherton
St. Saviour, Hatherton
Coordinates: 52.6908°N 2.0615°W / 52.6908; -2.0615
Country	England
County	Staffordshire

Hatherton is a settlement and civil parish located 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) south-east of Penkridge, and on the western edge of modern-day Cannock, Staffordshire, England,[1] and lying adjacent to and north of Watling Street, now the A5.[2]

The civil parish include the village of Calf Heath.[3]

Hatherton was given to Wolverhampton monastery by Lady Wulfruna in 994.[2] Its name, Hagerthorndun in the Domesday Book, means "the hill where Hawthorns grow".[2] It was once an exclave of Wolverhampton.

Hatherton gave its name to the title of Baron Hatherton, and thus to the now-derelict, nearby, Hatherton Canal.[4]

The Four Crosses inn at Hatherton features an inscription dated '1636N'.[2] Hatherton Hall is an 1817, late-Georgian house, stucco finished, replacing a former Norman hall.[2] The village church, St Saviour, dates from 1876.[2]

Notable people

• Alice Tibbits (1854–1932) was a pioneer of nursing in the colony of South Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, responsible for establishing the first training hospital in South Australia at the Private Hospital, Wakefield Street in Adelaide. She named one of the new hospital buildings "Hatherton".[5][6]

See also

• Listed buildings in Hatherton, Staffordshire

References

1. "History of Hatherton in South Staffordshire - Map and description". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
2. Raven, Michael (2005). A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, the Potteries and the Peak. Ashley, Market Drayton. pp. 168–169. ISBN 0906114330.
3. South Staffordhire council Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
4. Hadfield, Charles (1985). The Canals of the West Midlands. David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8644-1.
5. Nursing in South Australia: First Hundred Years 1837-1937. Adelaide: South Australian Trained Nurses’ Centenary Committee. February 1938.
6. Lyon (May 1977). "Short history of PHWS (Private Hospital, Wakefield Street) First= E. E.". The Australasian Nurses Journal. 6 (10): 18. ISSN 0301-018X.

External links

• Media related to Hatherton, Staffordshire at Wikimedia Commons
• Hatherton in the Domesday Book