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Stafford - LoveToKnow 1911 (756 words) |
 | STAFFORD, a market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, and the county town of Staffordshire, England, on the river Sow, a western tributary of the Trent. |
| Stafford is described as a borough in Domesday Book, and at the time of the survey it was the chief place in the county though many of the houses were "wasted." The king received all the dues, two-thirds coming to him as king, the other third as earl of Stafford. |
| in 1605, the latter incorporating it under the title of the mayor and burgesses of the borough of Stafford: owing to irregularities in elections, another almost similar charter was given by George IV., under which the town was governed until 18 3 5. |
| Stafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1836 words) |
| Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. |
| The population of Stafford town in 2001 was 60,049. |
| Stafford Castle was built by the Normans on a nearby hilltop in 1070, four years after the invasion of 1066. |
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