Portal:Staffordshire

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Staffordshire (/ˈstæfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

The county has an area of 1,713 square kilometres (661 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,177,578 in 2024. Stoke-on-Trent is in the north of the county, and the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme immediately to the west. Stafford is in the centre, Burton upon Trent in the east, and Tamworth and the city of Lichfield in the south-east. For local government purposes Staffordshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, plus the unitary authority area of Stoke-on-Trent. The county historically included the north-west of the West Midlands county, including Walsall, West Bromwich, and Wolverhampton.

Staffordshire is hilly to the north and south. The southern end of the Pennines is in the north, containing part of the Peak District National Park. The Cannock Chase AONB and parts of the National Forest and Kinver Edge are in the south. The River Trent and its tributaries drain most of the county. From its source, near Biddulph, the river flows through Staffordshire in a southwesterly direction, meeting the Sow just east of Stafford; it then meets the River Tame and turns north-east, exiting into Derbyshire immediately downstream of Burton upon Trent. (Full article...)

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Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England. It adjoins Cheshire to the north west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south east, West Midlands and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The historic county of Staffordshire includes Wolverhampton, Walsall, and West Bromwich, these three being removed for administrative purposes in 1974 to the new West Midlands authority. The resulting administrative area of Staffordshire has a narrow southwards protrusion that runs west of West Midlands to the border of Worcestershire. The city of Stoke-on-Trent was removed from the admin area in the 1990s to form a unitary authority, but is still part of Staffordshire for ceremonial and traditional purposes.

The historic county has an area of 781,000 acres (1,250 sq. miles) and at the first census in 1801 had a population of 239,153. (Full article...)

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Towns & Districts	• STAFFORDSHIRE \| PLACES \| CIVIL PARISHES \| Cannock Chase \| East Staffordshire \| Lichfield \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| South Staffordshire \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Tamworth
History	• HISTORY \| Staffordshire Hoard \| Tamworth Castle \| Stafford Castle \|Tutbury Castle \|Chartley Castle \| MILITARY HISTORY \| Battle of Hopton Heath \| South Staffordshire Regiment North Staffordshire Regiment \| Staffordshire Yeomanry
Sights	• PLACES OF INTEREST \| Drayton Manor Theme Park \| Alton Towers \| Rudyard Lake Steam Railway \| CASTLES & HISTORIC HOUSES \| Ancient High House \| Barlaston Hall \| Barlaston Hall \| Barlaston Hall \| Tixall Gatehouse \| Alton Castle \| Blithfield Hall \| Wootton Lodge \| Erasmus Darwin House \| Hospital of St John Baptist without the Barrs \| Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum \| Ford Green Hall \| Himley Hall \| GRADE I LISTED BUILDINGS \| *GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS** \| Grade II* listed buildings in Cannock Chase (district) \| Grade II* listed buildings in Cannock Chase (district) \| Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire \| Grade II* listed buildings in Lichfield (district) \| Grade II* listed buildings in Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough) \| Grade II* listed buildings in South Staffordshire \| Grade II* listed buildings in Stafford (borough) \| Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire Moorlands \| Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent \| Grade II* listed buildings in Tamworth (borough)
Sport & Recreation	• SPORTING TEAMS \| Stoke City F.C. \| Port Vale F.C. \| SPORTING VENUES \| Britannia Stadium \| Victoria Ground \| Vale Park \| SPORTING EVENTS \| Potteries derby \| RECREATION \| Scouting
Transport	• CANALS \| Caldon Canal \| Bridgewater Canal \|Trent and Mersey Canal \| Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal \| Hatherton Canal \| Lichfield Canal \| Shropshire Union Canal \| Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal \| Stourbridge Extension Canal \| Birmingham and Fazeley Canal \| RAIL \| Stoke-on-Trent railway station \| Lichfield City railway station \| Stafford railway station \| West Coast Main Line \| ROADS \| M6 \| M6 Toll \| M54 \| M64 \| A50 \| A34
Education & Services	• SCHOOLS \| List of schools in Stoke-on-Trent \| UNIVERSITIES \| Keele University \| Staffordshire University \| SERVICES \| Fire and Rescue \| Police \| Severn Trent
Culture & Media	• LITERATURE \| Arnold Bennett \| Anna of the Five Towns \| Clayhanger \| THEATRE \| Regent Theatre \| New Vic Theatre \| Lichfield Garrick Theatre \| NEWSPAPERS \| The Sentinel \| Burton Mail \| RADIO \| BBC Radio Stoke \| Signal 1 \| Signal 2 \| Stafford FM \| Windmill Broadcasting \| 6 Towns Radio
Religion	• RELIGION \| Grade I listed churches in Staffordshire \| Bishop of Lichfield \| Lichfield Cathedral \| Diocese of Lichfield \| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham

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Lichfield Cathedral is a late 12th century medieval cathedral situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The cathedral is dedicated to saints Chad and Mary and is the only medieval church in England with three spires.

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The following are images from various Staffordshire-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 2A diagram of local railway services in Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3A view of Stoke from Penkhull by Henry Lark I Pratt (1805-1873) (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 4Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 5One Smithfield, Hanley, one of the offices of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 6A34 at Hanford (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 7Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 8100 Faces Mural, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 9Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 10Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12Royal Stoke University Hospital from above (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 13Map of Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 14Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 15Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 16St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 17A Staffordshire oatcake (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 19Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 20"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay, © Eirian Evans via Geograph (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Trentham Lake, Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 23Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 24Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 25Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 26Stafford CC versus the MCC in their centenary year, 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 27Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 28Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Fenton Library (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 30Statue of Josiah Wedgwood near the World of Wedgwood museum (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 31Robert Berkoff Bankers' Clearing House statue on the Trentham Estate (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32Vale Park, home of Port Vale. Completed in 1950, at the time of its construction it was nicknamed 'The Wembley of the North'. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Hanley Bus Station (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 34Stoke-on-Trent railway station platform (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 35Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 36Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 37The Golden sculpture, March 2017 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 38Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 39The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 40County Buildings, Martin Street (from Stafford)
Image 41Albion Street, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 43Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 44A Man Can't Fly sculpture (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45Tunstall Tower Square (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 46Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 47The canal at Stoke (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 49Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 50The Catalyst at the University of Staffordshire (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 51Stoke City's bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 52Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on the Lewis's store (later Debenhams), in Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 53Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid-20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 54Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 55BBC Radio Stoke Offices (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 56View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 57Town Twinning sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 58Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 59Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 60Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 61Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 62The Goods Yard (from Stoke-on-Trent)

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Interesting facts

Did you know...

... that Fascist MP Oswald Mosley (pictured)
Oswald Mosley
lived for many years in the now demolished Apedale Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme?
... that George Speake sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the Staffordshire helmet?
... that the Four Counties Ring is a canal ring linking the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands?
... that visitors can walk through Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire without any barriers between them and the 140 Barbary macaques that live there?