Editing Armitage (section)

==Etymology and location==
The name comes from the [[Middle English]] ''Ermitage'', meaning '[[Hermitage (religious retreat)|Hermitage]]',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/results_search.php# |title = Key to English Place Names |publisher = Institute for Name-Studies |access-date = 29 September 2009}}</ref> in turn derived from the [[Old French]] ''ermitage'',<ref>{{Cite book |title=Place-names of Great Britain and Irelandv|last=Field |first=John |date=1980 |publisher=David & Charles |isbn=0389201545 |location=Newton Abbot, Devon |oclc=6964610 |page=25}}</ref> from a tradition that a hermit lived between the church and the [[River Trent]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
It does not appear in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'', although [[Handsacre]] does.

Armitage is now part of [[Armitage with Handsacre]], although this is due to growth—historically they were once separate villages. It lies close to [[Hill Ridware]] along with the [[Hamstall Ridware]], [[Mavesyn Ridware]], [[Pipe Ridware]] and [[Longdon, Staffordshire|Longdon]]. It lies close to the town of [[Rugeley]] and a few miles north of [[Lichfield]]. It is located on the [[West Coast Main Line]], the nearest stop being Rugeley. With continuous growth in the area Armitage and [[Rugeley]] are growing closer together.