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Encyclopedia > Biddulph
Map sources for Biddulph at grid reference SJ8857
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Map sources for Biddulph at grid reference SJ8857

Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of Stoke-on-Trent, and has a population of about 25,000. It is an ex-mining town and is administered by Staffordshire Moorlands district council.
Biddulph is also home to the Biddulph Grange Gardens, run by the National Trust.
The name Biddulph means 'By the Diggings'.
Biddulph is a town steeped in history, within the bowl created by the ridges of Mow Cop and Biddulph Moor, there are ancient burial mounds; evidence of the civil war; the bubonic plague; Black Bull Colliery; tombs of crusader knights; a remarkable victorian garden at Biddulph Grange; an iron age fort; and the site of a meeting of part of the Methodist Movement with the Wesleys. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. ... Biddulph Grange is a National Trust house and landscaped gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent, England. ...



Biddulph is the home to Selectus Ltd, one time sole manufacturers of Velcro in the UK.


External links

  • Biddulph website
  • Biddulph High School Reunion website
  • Google satellite view of Biddulph


 

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