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Coordinates: 52°44′30″N 1°52′37″W / 52.74156°N 1.87702°W / 52.74156; -1.87702
Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal between Lichfield and Rugeley. Together with the adjacent village of Handsacre, it forms the parish of Armitage with Handsacre.
Armitage has a variety of village amemites including a Londis, a privately owned fishing shop, a corner newspaper shop and the Croft Primary School. Armitage is also the home of Armitage Shanks.
The name comes from the Middle English Ermitage, meaning 'Hermitage', from a tradition that a hermit lived between the church and the River Trent[citation needed]. It does not appear in the Domesday Book although Handsacre does.
The professional golfer Robert Rock was born in Armitage.
Armitage is close to the villages of Handsacre and Hill Ridware. It is also close to the towns of Rugeley and Stafford.
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