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Staffordshire (/ˈstæfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/; 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), Burton upon Trent (72,299) and Stafford (71,673); 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...)

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Official portrait, 2017

Dame Karen Anne Bradley DBE (née Howarth; born 12 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010 and the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee since 2024. She served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019.

Bradley was appointed to the Cameron–Clegg coalition as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 2013, before being promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime in 2014. During the formation of the May government in July 2016, she was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, where she remained until being appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in January 2018, serving until her dismissal by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019. (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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Mow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop, near Harriseahead, Staffordshire.Traces of a prehistoric camp have been found here, but in 1754, Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built an elaborate summerhouse looking like a medieval fortress and round tower.

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

Image 1A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 4Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 5Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 6Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 7Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 8Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 9Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 10"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 12County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 13Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 14Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 15A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 16Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 17Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 20Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 23St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 24Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 25A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 26The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 27Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 28Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 30Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 31Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 32Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 33Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 34Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 35Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 36Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 37Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 38Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 39Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 40Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 41Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 42Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 43Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 44Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 46Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 47The Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 49Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 50Vale 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 51Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 52Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 53Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 54Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)

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Interesting facts

Did you know...

... that according to historian Rev. H B Kendall, five Camp Meetings which led to the establishment of Primitive Methodism as a denomination in 1811 were held in Ramsor in Staffordshire?
... that Fascist MP Oswald Mosley (pictured)
Oswald Mosley
lived for many years in the now demolished Apedale Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme?
... that according to historian Rev. H B Kendall, five Camp Meetings which led to the establishment of Primitive Methodism as a denomination in 1811 were held in Ramsor in Staffordshire?
... that in medieval Tutbury, Staffordshire, minstrels chased a bull that, if caught, could be eaten or exchanged for forty pennies?