Portal:Staffordshire/Did you know
...the
Home Office
initially refused to grant
Stoke-on-Trent
city status
, but this decision was over turned when a direct approach was made to
George V
?
...that from the reign of
Queen Mary
until 1888,
Lichfield
was a separate county from the rest of Staffordshire?
...that
Fascist
MP
Oswald Mosley
(
pictured
)
Oswald Mosley
lived for many years in the now demolished
Apedale Hall
,
Newcastle-under-Lyme
?
...that the
Diocese of Lichfield
was once one of the largest in medieval England and was divided into five
archdeaconries
?
...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
George Speake
sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the
Staffordshire helmet
?
... that
Winton Square
in
Stoke-on-Trent
has been described as the best example of
neo-Jacobean architecture
in Staffordshire?
... that in medieval
Tutbury
, Staffordshire,
minstrels chased a bull
that, if caught, could be eaten or exchanged for forty pennies?
... that visitors can walk through
Trentham Monkey Forest
in
Staffordshire
without any barriers between them and the 140
Barbary macaques
that live there?
... that British police officer
Suzette Davenport
was responsible for crime in
Staffordshire
and intelligence in the
West Midlands
?
... that the
Four Counties Ring
is a
canal ring
linking the English counties of
Cheshire
,
Staffordshire
,
Shropshire
, and the
West Midlands
?
... that the
Staffordshire County League (South)
was originally formed as the Walsall & District Junior League after a meeting of
football
club representatives at the People's Coffee House in
Walsall
?
... that deforestation in
Staffordshire
inspired contributions from
Erasmus Darwin
and
Anna Seward
to a book of poetry about
Needwood Forest
by
Francis Mundy
?
...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
Bethesda Methodist Chapel
in
Hanley
,
Staffordshire
, now
redundant
, has been known as the "Cathedral of the
Potteries
"?
... that the windmill in
Werrington
was built to grind corn but later converted to grind coal to make
briquettes
?