Our local area
Cheslyn Hay is a former mining village and civil parish which is contiguous with Great Wyrley and Landywood in Staffordshire, England. It is situated within the South Staffordshire district some 3 miles south of Cannock, 7 miles north of Walsall, 8.5 miles northeast of Wolverhampton (the closest city) and 12.5 miles south of the county town of Stafford. The West Midlands county border lies 2 miles to the south.
A little history…
Centuries ago Cheslyn Hay was referred to as Chistlyn, Chistlin, Chilsling and Chestle Haye. ‘Chist’ is an old English word derived from the Anglo-Saxon ‘cest’ meaning a chest or a coffin. A latter document dated 1790 refers to Chestlandhay and it seems evident that Cheslyn Hay derived its name from being the druidical site of the stone chest or coffin forming a pre-historic burial chamber.
see our History of the Parish page for more information.