Hints is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

between

Lichfield Lichfield () is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated south-east of the county town of Stafford, north-east of Walsall, north-west of ...

and Tamworth in southeastern

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

, within

local government district. The village is on the line of

Watling Street Watling Street is a historic route in England, running from Dover and London in the southeast, via St Albans to Wroxeter. The road crosses the River Thames at London and was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the M ...

, 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''. The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The name Hints appears to derive from the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

word ''hynt'', meaning 'a road' (referring to Watling Street). This suggests that the area was occupied by Welsh speakers until at least the late 6th century, when most of the Midlands had been occupied by the English. The centre of Hints is situated 200 metres north of

Bourne Brook The Bourne Brook or Black Brook, as it is known in its upper reaches, is a tributary of the River Tame in Staffordshire, England. Course From its source near Aldridge (originally in Staffordshire, but now in the West Midlands county), where ...

(aka Black Brook), a western tributary of the River Tame, and nearby villages include

Hopwas Hopwas is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies along the North West borders of Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth Borough (along the River Tame to the east and Dunstall Lane to the south of Hopwas) and east of Lichfield. It is situated ...

Weeford Weeford is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 215, an increase from 202 in the 2001 Census. The name ''Weeford'' is believed to come fro ...

and

Drayton Bassett Drayton Bassett is a village and civil parish since 1974 in Lichfield (district), Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. The village is on the Heart of England Way, a footpath. Much of the housing is nucleated village, clustered together ...

Nearby Twycross Zoo was founded in 1963 by pet shop owners Molly Badham and Natalie Evans, after the pair's increasing zoological collection outgrew their three-quarter-acre site in Hints, Staffordshire

Notable people

* John Floyer (1649–1734), a physician and author. * John Floyer (c. 1681–1762) son of the above and politician, MP for Tamworth

References

External links

Official church web site

Village web site

{{authority control Villages in Staffordshire Civil parishes in Staffordshire Lichfield District