Hammerwich / Humeruuich

There is an entry for Hammerwich [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK0607/hammerwich/] [accessed 6 August 2019]; it reports five priests but not a church in it, though there must have been one there. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 14, 1990) notes: "Architectural evidence suggests the existence of a chapel at Hammerwich in the 12th century. In 1563 the chapel was described as appropriated to the prebend of Freeford in Lichfield cathedral and within the prebendary's peculiar jurisdiction. In 1549, however, it had been certified as a chantry chapel. [...] The existence of a chapelyard in 1549 [...] suggests that the chapel then had burial rights. It had baptismal rights by the early 18th century: its former font, now in Christ Church, Burntwood, is dated 1715." The entry in the VCH (ibid.) informs that the church was demolished in 1872 and a new church opened in 1874. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK0700107364] describes it as "Parish church. 1873-83" and mentions no font in it.