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Armitage

Armitage is a name used for a village in England and as a surname of English origin. The village of Armitage is part of the civil parish of Armitage with Handsacre in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire. It lies to the west of Rugeley and north of Lichfield and forms a rural community that grew through agriculture and the development of rail links in the 19th century. The parish includes Armitage and the nearby hamlet of Handsacre and maintains a local history tied to the wider Black Country and Staffordshire coalfield region.

As a surname, Armitage is of English origin and toponymic, derived from the place name. It has

been
carried
by
many
individuals
across
fields
such
as
politics,
academia,
science,
and
the
arts,
reflecting
common
patterns
of
English
surname
distribution.
Variants
of
the
name
and
its
spread
to
other
countries
have
accompanied
English
migration,
resulting
in
bearers
of
the
surname
in
North
America,
Australasia,
and
elsewhere.