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Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
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Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of England. ...
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Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. It lies in the north of the West Midlands region, between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider borough of Stafford as 124,531. A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ...
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History
Stafford means 'ford' by a 'staithe' (landing place). The town's location was the only feasible place for a large army to cross the River Trent, and so was strategically important in the wider region. The original settlement was on an island in the middle of the marshes of the River Sow, a tributary of the Trent. There is still a large area of marshland just north of the town, which in 1947, 2000 and 2007 saw floods. A ford, with pedestrian footbridge, on a minor road near Weimar bei Kassel in Germany The ford at Brockenhurst, leading into the village centre, following heavy rain. ...
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In the year 913 Stafford was fortified by Ethelfleda, Lady of Mercia and daughter of Alfred the Great, becoming the new capital of Mercia (the previous capital having been in or near Stone). Queen Ethelfleda ruled Mercia from Stafford for five years as Queen of Mercia, after the death of her father and husband - at around this time the county of Staffordshire was first formed. King Alfred's son Edward, with the crucial aid of Ethelfleda, finally conquered and Christianised the Vikings who had settled in the east of England. For the fortification of food, see Food fortification. ...
Ethelfleda (alternative spelling Aethelfled, Æthelfleda or Æthelflæd) (872/879?-918) was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. ...
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Stafford Castle was built by the Normans on a nearby hilltop in 1070, four years after the invasion of 1066. It was first made of wood, and later rebuilt of stone. It has been rebuilt twice since, but now only 19th century ruins remain atop the impressive earthworks. Night-time illuminations create a landmark for motorists on the M6 motorway and train travellers on the West Coast Main Line. Stafford was considered part of the ancient Pyrehill hundred. Photo of Stafford Castle Photo of Stafford Castle Stafford Castle is a building in the town of Stafford in England. ...
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Buildings and the town centre The oldest building in Stafford is St Chad's church. ImageMetadata File history File links Stafford_town_centre. ...
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Opened in 1908, Victoria Park is a 13 acre (53,000 m²) Edwardian riverside park with an open-air paddling pool, bowling green, bird cages, greenhouse and two play areas. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ...
Stafford Gatehouse Theatre is the town's main entertainment and cultural venue. An Arts centre has also been planned for the town to offer more culture and try and boost tourism in the town.
In the main shopping street, Greengate Street, lies the Elizabethan Ancient High House, the largest timber-framed town house in England. The Ancient High House is now a museum, with changing exhibitions. The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. ...
The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house in Stafford. ...
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The Shire Hall Gallery, found in the very centre of Stafford town, houses the Art Gallery, which shows changing exhibitions. It also contains a cafe and the town's Library.
The Shire Hall used to be the Court House for the town, and as a Grade 2 listed building, still retains two courtrooms. One of these is open to the general public and has a permanent exhibition showing the history of the building, some high profile cases that were heard there and guided tours are available. Part of the tour includes an old 'holding cell' which is open to public viewing.
The Apollo Cinema shows most big-budget films and has three screens. A larger multiplex cinema, another shopping centre and offices are also planned to be built in the town centre along the River Sow. The Riverside Recreation Centre and former Tesco store/multi-storey car park would both be demolished as part of this development.
R.A.F Stafford is now being transformed into M.O.D Stafford, after the R.A.F left the Town.
Staffordshire University has a large campus in the town focusing heavily on computing and teaching courses.
77,900 new homes are expected to be built in greenfield areas of Staffordshire, with 12,900 expected to be built in Stafford.
People Famous people from Stafford include:
The 17th century author of The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton, and the 18th century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan was once the local MP. Also, the 1853 Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Sidney, was born in the town. Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler. ...
Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler. ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. ...
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In the early 1900s, the village of Great Haywood near Stafford was home to the wife of famous The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. He stayed with his wife, Edith, in her cottage in the village during the winter of 1916, and the surrounding areas were said to be an inspiration for some of his early works. Great Haywood (52°48′ N 2°00′ W) is a village in central Staffordshire, England, about four miles from Rugeley. ...
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Climax Blues Band, initially, as their name suggests, a popular blues band but later to go more mainstream with 'Couldn't Get It Right', (a number 10 hit in the UK in October 1976, and number three in America the following year) also hailed from Stafford. Band leader Colin Cooper was born in the town in 1939, still lives locally, and is the only Staffordian in the current incarnation of the band. Former bass and guitar player Derek Holt until recently ran a public house in the town centre, and still plays there regularly. Climax Blues Band is a British blues band founded in 1968 by Colin Cooper. ...
Stafford was the birthplace of Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey, Freya Copeland, who plays Angela 'Angie' Reynolds in the soap Emmerdale and comedian Dave Gorman. Author Storm Constantine is a long-time resident. Ozzy Osbourne lived nearby, while 1970s hit duo Medicine Head hailed from nearby Tixall. Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy, which first broadcasted in 1992 on the ITV network, however moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. ...
Neil Morrissey (born in Stafford, July 4, 1962) is a British actor. ...
For the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). ...
David James Gorman (born March 2, 1971) is a documentary comedian and humorist. ...
Storm Constantine is a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series. ...
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Anthony Gardner, first team defender for Tottenham Hotspur FC, is also from Stafford.
Frank Burns, BBC Sportsnight presenter in the mid 1990's, is a former teacher of Weston Road High School, Stafford. Frank was well known at BBC television for his views on whether you could play football or not, and the immortal phrase 'what do you do?' Weston Road High School is a comprehensive school providing secondary and further education for pupils aged 11- 18 of the community in the east side of the market town Stafford and surrounding villages; Little Haywood, Great Haywood and Hixon. ...
Author Sue Rann was born in Stafford in 1964.
Footballer Christopher Birchall, who plays for Championship side Coventry City, was born in Stafford on 5 May 1984. Despite this, he plays his international football for Trinidad & Tobago, gaining qualification because his mother - although of English stock - was born there. Birchall is the first white player to represent Trinidad & Tobago for 60 years, and played for them in the World Cup in Germany in 2006. Birchall was playing for Port Vale at the time, and was transferred to Coventry City at the start of the 2006-2007 season. Christopher Birchall (born May 5, 1984) is a football (soccer) player, currently playing in midfield for English club side Coventry City. ...
is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Despite his Scottish accent, Fran Healey, lead singer of the extremely successful rock band Travis, was born in Stafford on 23 July 1973 but moved north of the border shortly afterwards. ...
Travis are a Scottish band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Dougie Payne (bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). ...
is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dave Follows (3 October 1941 — 17 October 2003) was a prolific cartoonist. Follows' cartoons include: The Creature Feature in The Sunday Times for sixteen years; and strips for over twenty local newspapers including The Stafford Newsletter for over twenty years. Dave's first published cartoon was printed in the Staffordshire Advertiser & Chronicle 1971. The iconic May un Mar Lady strip appeared daily for over 20 years in the North Staffordshire edition of The Evening Sentinel and is currently enjoying a full re-run. Many of Follows' cartoons are currently being syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the world. The co-creator of animated comedy series Hungry Hamsters, Dave was born in and lived in Stafford all his life. Dave Follows born Stafford (1941 — 17 October 2003) was a British cartoonist. ...
is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Creature Feature is an animal gag cartoon strip which appeared weekly in the Sunday Times supplement, Funday Times, for over 15 years, and is currently syndicated throughout the world, including Germany and the Middle East (Khaleej Times). ...
May un Mar lady, written in Potteries dialect, first appeared on July 8, 1986 in the North Staffordshire The Sentinel (Britain) and has been a local institution for over 20 years. ...
Photographer Paul Pickard was born in Stafford and went on to become National Press Photographer of the Year in the 1990s before going on to be a successful advertising and portrait photographer.
Rave act Altern-8 were also from the town. Altern-8 is an early 1990s rave group. ...
A shoe making town Stafford town has a long history of shoe making. It is "an ancient borough and market town, celebrated for the manufacture of shoes."[1] Furthermore, "in the eighteenth century Stafford was represented (in Parliament) by the famous playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. When he was in Stafford he would stay with his friend William Horton. Horton was the founder of the Stafford Shoe Industry. A century after Horton began the early Factory System, Stafford was exporting some 5,000,000 pairs of shoes to South Africa alone. The were a number of spin-off industries which prospered in Stafford, these including Venables Wood Yard, Spic and Span Polish and Evode. The shoe industry gradually died out in the town, with Lotus Shoes being the last manufacturers."[2] The large red-brick Lotus Shoe factory on Sandon Road closed and was demolished about 2001 to be quickly replaced by modern housing. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. ...
See for example: Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society, Journal No 10 (1981) including: A M Harrison, The Development of Boot and Shoe Manufacturing in Stafford 1850-1880; Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society, Journal 19 (2005), Shoemaking in Stafford, containing: The Development of Boot and Shoe Manufacturing in Stafford, 1850-1880, by Martin Harrison, Richard Podmore & Son, Shoe Manufacturers, by Martin Harrison, Stafford Box Factory in 2003, by Martin Harrison[3]
Economy A major activity in the town since 1903 has been heavy electrical engineering, particularly producing power station transformers, exported around the world. The works have been successively owned by Siemens, English Electric, GEC, GEC Alsthom, Alstom and most recently Areva. Every so often a delivery takes to the road. Each transformer weighs several hundred tons and so a sort of road train is used. The weight is spread by a 160-wheel cradle, pulled by an 8-wheel drive Faun Goliath tractor unit and pushed by two more. In the 1968 Hixon rail crash, one such road train was struck by an express train when it was crossing the railway at a level crossing. Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ...
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The Hixon rail crash occurred on 6 January 1968 when a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by an express train on a level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire. ...
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Bostik, the adhesives manufacturer, has a large factory in the town. Bostik Findley is a world-wide operating adhesive company, a subsidiary of French mineral oil company Total S.A., head-quartered at Paris. ...
Local employment is also provided by Stafford Prison, close to the town centre. HM Prison Stafford is a current operational prison based in the town of Stafford in the United Kingdom. ...
Stafford is home to the computing and IT campus of Staffordshire University, specifically the Beaconside Campus houses the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Technology, it also houses part of the Business School, and the adjacent Blackheath Lane campus (ten minutes walk from Beaconside) houses the School of Health, which teaches nursing. The main campus being in Stoke-on-Trent about 18 miles away to the North. Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ...
Staffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford & Lichfield. ...
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Stafford railway station is a stop for many inter-city trains on the West Coast Main Line; enabling easy commuting to the cities of Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, and Manchester. Stafford railway station (Ordnance Survey grid reference SJ918229) is an important main line interchange station in the United Kingdom. ...
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Business news in Stafford is covered by The Express & Star newspaper.
Healthcare The town is supplied with primary care by the South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust. [1] Many services in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom are provided by NHS Trusts. ...
The town's main hospital is Staffordshire General Hospital, formally known as Stafford District General Hospital, this provides a wide range of non-specialist medical and surgical services. Staffordshire General Hospital's Accident and Emergency unit is the only such facility in the town. Wards at SGH are numbered, with the exception of the Children's wards (known as the "Anson Suite") which are named after local towns and landmarked (e.g. Shugborough ward). The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and...
The St. George's Hospital is actually a combination of two historical hospitals - the Kingsmead Hospital (previously an Elderly Care facility) and the St. George's psychiatric hospital. This hospital provides mental health services, including an Intensive care unit, Secure units, an Eating disorder unit, an EMI unit, Drug and Alcohol Addiction services and open wards. There is a small outpatient facility, and this is the location of the town's AA meeting. Wards a the St. George's hospital are named after local villages are are termed "houses" (e.g. Brocton House, Chebsey House, Coton House, etc). ICU room An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Critical Care Unit (CCU) is a specialised department in a hospital that provides intensive care medicine. ...
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The Chetwynd Centre also provides Higher Education in the town. It normally teaches specialised A-levels, some vocational qualifications and subjects taught by teachers with no school base. The centre has joined up with all the town's secondary schools, except the grammar school, to provide better resources for students. The schools are: The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ...
Stafford College is a large College of Further Education. Stafford College also provides some Higher Education courses on behalf of Staffordshire University and focusses heavily on computing and engineering. Walton High School is a large comprehensive school serving a community in the southern part of Stafford. ...
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Weston Road High School is a comprehensive school providing secondary and further education for pupils aged 11- 18 of the community in the east side of the market town Stafford and surrounding villages; Little Haywood, Great Haywood and Hixon. ...
Stafford Grammar School is a mixed, independent day school located on the outskirts of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. ...
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Staffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford & Lichfield. ...
Rodbaston College is based in the village of Rodbaston, on the edge of Stafford. It is an agricultural college and provides most of it's training in this sector. Rodbaston College is a agricultural college based in Rodbaston, near to Stafford that provides further education and higher education. ...
Staffordshire University has a large campus in the East of the town and focuses heavily on computing, media and engineering. Staffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford & Lichfield. ...
The Stafford knot The arms of Staffordshire show a distinctive three looped knot and the county motto is the knot unites. However this is properly called the Stafford knot since it was the badge of the de Stafford family. The fanciful legend is that three convicted felons who had committed a crime together were due to be executed in Stafford gaol. There was argument over who should be hanged first but the hangman solved the problem by devising this knot and hanging the three simultaneously. However; the knot can be seen on a 4 ft (1.2 m) high carved Anglo-Saxon cross in a Stoke churchyard. This strongly suggests it pre-dates the Norman and medieval period, being probably either i) a heraldic symbol of early Mercia or ii) a Celtic Christian symbol brought to Staffordshire by missionary monks from Lindisfarne (commemorated in the arms of Stafford). Arms of Staffordshire County Council. ...
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The city of Stoke-on-Trent (also known as The Six Towns and The Potteries) is a city in The Midlands, United Kingdom. ...
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The North Staffordshire Railway was referred to as the Knotty after the knot. The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company which had its roots in an early scheme to build a small plateway from the base of the Cauldon canal up to Cauldon quarries. ...
March 2006 On 28 March 2006, RAF Stafford was closed after a long and illustrious history. The event was marked by a fly past and a flag lowering ceremony. is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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RAF Stafford is a non-flying Royal Air Force station near Stafford in Staffordshire, England. ...
In the late evening of 29 March 2006, four individuals were detained under anti-terror legislation at the town's district general hospital. Subsequently, on 30 March and 31 March 2006, vehicles, homes and properties linked to these four individuals were searched by anti-terror police. A fifth man, whose admission to Staffordshire General Hospital led to the arrests, later died from his injuries, but all charges have been dropped and the four men released. Local rumours suggesting his injuries were due to semtex burns appear to have been unsubstantiated. is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On 31 March 2006 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, visited Stafford in order to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the town's Royal Charter. A large security operation was enacted, and major roads in the town were closed for most of the day. The queen visited the town's main church and spent time on "walkabout" in the main market square, before visiting the British Legion and University. is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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- Beaconside
- Castlefields
- Coppenhall
- Coton Fields
- Doxey
- Forebridge
- Queensville
- Holmcroft
- Hyde Lea
- Western Downs
- An estate on the edge of Stafford that borders on Highfields and the M6 Motorway. A large green area with two football pitches and a basketball court known as 'The Bottom Pitches' or 'Sundown Pitches' can be found in Western Downs along with 'The Rainbow Park' on Clarendon Drive, and the 'Dome Park' or 'Pome Dark' on Torridge Drive. Until the council built a play area on 'The Park' they were the main footballing locations on the estate. The number nine bus route also covers Western Downs.
- A large council estate with Wolverhampton Road at one end, Newport Road at the other, and bare nastymans inbetween. The first houses in Highfields were built c. 1955, with substantial additions (Highfields number two estate, as it was then known) in 1963/4. West Way is the longest street in Highfields, carving its way through the entire estate. Many of the streets in the sixties expansion of Highfields were named after poets and playwrights (Shakespeare Road, Masefield Drive, Coleridge Drive, Keats Avenue, Tennyson Road, Binyon Court (now renamed "The Keep"), etc). Of the older roads, the longest is Bagot's Oak, so called because of a large old tree that was in the road. Much of the original estate was built on Preston's Farm land.
- Manor Estate
- Meadowcroft Park
- Moss Pit
- Parkside
- Parkside is a housing estate at the extreme north of the town. It has two entrances from the A513 Beaconside Road, forming a U-shape. The estate has access to many green areas, including 3 parks, a 'green' and access to Stafford Common. There is also a primary school on the estate and access to Sir Graham Balfour School. The estate also has a pub (The Staffordshire Bull) and a precinct of shops that form the northern terminus of the number 8 bus route through the town.
- Rising Brook
- Rickerscote
- Silkmore
- Weeping Cross
- Weeping Cross is an estate on the east side of Stafford, named because of an old tree which was used for hanging people. It is easily found by heading up Radford Bank, and towards Rugeley and Cannock. It also holds Leasowes Primary School and St Annes Catholic Primary School, with Walton High School just out of the estate. Weeping Cross also has a local pub, the Lynton Tavern, a clinic with nearby Pharmacy, a library and a row of convenienct shops. The number one bus runs every 20 minutes around the estate.
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Silkmore is an area in Stafford. ...
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Notes - ^ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Stafford/ History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851
- ^ http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/static/page5749.htm
- ^ http://www.staffsia.org.uk/journal.htm
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Hixon is a village in the borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. ...
Shugborough Hall in the 1820s. ...
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See also Stafford railway station (Ordnance Survey grid reference SJ918229) is an important main line interchange station in the United Kingdom. ...
There have been two rail crashes at Stafford in recent times: 8 March 1996 August 1990 A few miles away, there was the Hixon rail crash on 6 January 1968. ...
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