The name Huntington is possibly Anglo-Saxon in origin, “ton” meaning a hamlet grouped around a hunting lodge in a forest.

A medieval chapel, St Margaret-within-Cannock, was established around 1548 but the site now lies buried under the east slope of the former colliery spoil heap.

Another medieval feature is St Chad's Ditch on the eastern edge of the parish along a line of the trees known as Huntington Belt.

Huntington Farm, dating from the early 18th Century, is now part of “The Barns Hotel”, a grade 2 listed building in Cocksparrow Lane.

“The Cottage” (now a B&B and restaurant) on the corner of Pear Tree Close is one of the oldest remaining buildings dating back to the 1770s.

[3] However, after the controversial pit closure programme of the early 1990s, Littleton closed in 1994, overturning a reprieval a year earlier.

The pit has now been completely demolished and the former spoil tip has been redeveloped as an area for walkers known as Littleton Leisure Park.

The Church was extended in 1879 and in 2016 a new stained glass window installed commemorating the mining history of the village.

The school originally used the church site with another building added on the opposite side of the road erected by Lord Hatherton in 1898.

Bricks with the names of those who used to work down the Littleton Colliery form the foundation of the monument and a former mining winding wheel is situated on top.

[4] The farmhouse is in red brick with storey bands, a moulded eaves cornice and a tile roof.