Portal:Staffordshire

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Introduction

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 a population of 1,131,052. Stoke-on-Trent is located in the north and is immediately adjacent to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stafford is in the centre of the county, Burton upon Trent in the east, and the city of Lichfield and Tamworth in the south-east. 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...)

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1920 map of the railway

The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire.

The company was based in Stoke-on-Trent and was nicknamed The Knotty; its lines were built to the standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). The main routes were constructed between 1846 and 1852 and ran from Macclesfield via Stoke to Colwich Junction joining the Trent Valley Railway, with another branch to Norton Bridge, just north of Stafford, and from Crewe to Egginton Junction, west of Derby. Within these main connections with other railway companies, most notably the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), the company operated a network of smaller lines although the total route mileage of the company never exceeded 221 miles (356 km). The majority of the passenger traffic was local although a number of LNWR services from Manchester to London were operated via Stoke. Freight traffic was mostly coal and other minerals but the line also carried the vast majority of china and other pottery goods manufactured in England. (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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Keele Hall, a former stately home on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme was bought by the Keele University in 1948. In the early 20th century, the exiled Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia lived in the hall.

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

Image 1The Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 4Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 5Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 6County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 7Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 8Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 9Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 10Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 11Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 12Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 13St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 14Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 15Vale 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 16View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 17"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 20Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 23Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 24Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 25A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 26The Stoke campus of the University of Staffordshire (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 27Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 28Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 30Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 31Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 34Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 35Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 36Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 37Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 38Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 39Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 40Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 41Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 42Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 43Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 44Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 46A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 47Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 48Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 49Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 50Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 51Stoke City's bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 52Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 53Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 54Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)

Interesting facts

Did you know...

... that Fascist MP Oswald Mosley (pictured) lived for many years in the now demolished Apedale Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme?
... that Winton Square in Stoke-on-Trent has been described as the best example of neo-Jacobean architecture in Staffordshire?
... that deforestation in Staffordshire inspired contributions from Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward to a book of poetry about Needwood Forest by Francis Mundy?
... that the windmill in Werrington was built to grind corn but later converted to grind coal to make briquettes?

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