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Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs .) is a landlocked 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 , and the county town is Stafford .
The county has an area of 1,713 square kilometres (661 sq mi) and a population of 1,131,052. After Stoke-on-Trent (258,366), the largest settlements are Tamworth (78,646), Newcastle-under-Lyme (75,082) and Burton upon Trent (72,299); the city of Lichfield has a population of 33,816. For local government purposes Staffordshire comprises a non-metropolitan county , with nine districts, and 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 , while the Cannock Chase AONB and part of the National Forest 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... )
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.
The following are images from various Staffordshire-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 2 Hanley , Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 3 Stoke City's
Bet365 Stadium , opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 4 Stafford Crown Court (from
Stafford )
Image 5 Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 6 Tunstall Tower Square. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 8 Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 9 Shire Hall and Market Square (from
Stafford )
Image 10 "CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 11 Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 12 Flag of Staffordshire (from
History of Staffordshire )
Image 14 Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 15 Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 16 Potteries Oatcake. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 17 Lemmy, born in Burslem (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 19 Biddulph Grange in
Biddulph , the district's second largest town. (from
Staffordshire Moorlands )
Image 20 Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 21 The author
Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by
Jacob Huysmans (from
Stafford )
Image 22 Vale 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 23 Moors located within the district (from
Staffordshire Moorlands )
Image 24 Royal Stoke University Hospital (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 25 Stafford Hospital (from
Stafford )
Image 26 The
Borough Hall (from
Stafford )
Image 27 Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 28 Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from
Stafford )
Image 30 A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 31 Map of Stafford (from
Stafford )
Image 32 The
Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 33 Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within
Trentham Gardens (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 34 Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from
Staffordshire Moorlands )
Image 35 Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from
History of Staffordshire )
Image 36 Canal on New Leek Road. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 37 Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from
Stafford )
Image 38 Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 39 Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 40 Leek , the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from
Staffordshire Moorlands )
Image 42 St Chad's Church, Stafford (from
Stafford )
Image 43 Ancient High House (from
Stafford )
Image 44 Stafford Knot (from
Stafford )
Image 45 A50 close to Longton. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 46 A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 47 Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 48 Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 49 Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 50 Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from
Stoke-on-Trent )
Image 52 Cheadle , the district's third largest town. (from
Staffordshire Moorlands )
Image 53 Stafford on the 14th-century
Gough Map , at bottom centre.
Stone is bottom left,
Lichfield centre left. North is to the left (from
Stafford )
Image 54 County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from
Stafford )
Image 55 Victoria Park, Stafford (from
Stafford )
Image 56 View from Stafford Castle (from
Stafford )
Did you know...
... that in medieval Tutbury , Staffordshire, minstrels chased a bull that, if caught, could be eaten or exchanged for forty pennies?
... that Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley , Staffordshire , now redundant , has been known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries "?
... that from the reign of Queen Mary until 1888, Lichfield was a separate county from the rest of Staffordshire?
... that the Four Counties Ring is a canal ring linking the English counties of Cheshire , Staffordshire , Shropshire , and the West Midlands ?
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