Staffordshire
| Staffordshire |
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| Geography |
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| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
| Origin: | Historic |
| Region: | West Midlands |
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area | Ranked 18th
2,713 km²
Ranked 18th
2,620 km² |
| Admin HQ: | Stafford |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-STS |
| ONS code: | 41 |
| NUTS 3: | UKG24 |
| Demographics |
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Population
- Total ()
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop. | Ranked
/ km²
Ranked
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| Ethnicity: | 97.0% White
1.7% S.Asian |
| Politics |
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| Arms of Staffordshire County Council |
Staffordshire County Council
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/ |
| Executive: | |
| Members of Parliament |
| Charlotte Atkins, William Cash, Patrick Cormack, Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant, Paul Farrelly, Mark Fisher, Robert Flello, Brian Jenkins, David Kidney, Joan Walley, Tony Wright |
| Districts |
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#Tamworth#Lichfield#Cannock Chase#South Staffordshire#Stafford#Newcastle-under-Lyme#Staffordshire Moorlands#East Staffordshire#Stoke-on-Trent (Unitary) |
Staffordshire (abbreviated
Staffs) is a landlocked
county in the
West Midlands region of
England. The county town is
Stafford. Part of the
National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the
ceremonial counties of
Cheshire,
Derbyshire,
Leicestershire,
Warwickshire,
West Midlands,
Worcestershire and
Shropshire.
The largest city in ceremonial Staffordshire is
Stoke-on-Trent.
Lichfield also has
city status, though is considerably smaller.
Wolverhampton (within the
historic county) is slightly larger than Stoke. Major towns include
Burton upon Trent,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Cannock,
Tamworth and Stafford itself.
Staffordshire is divided into a number of districts. These are
Cannock Chase,
East Staffordshire,
Lichfield,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
South Staffordshire, the
Borough of Stafford,
Staffordshire Moorlands and
Tamworth.
Stoke-on-Trent is administered as an independent
unitary authority.
Main article History of Staffordshire.The
historic county of Staffordshire included
Wolverhampton,
Walsall, and
West Bromwich, these were removed in
1974 to the new county of
West Midlands. The resulting administrative area of Staffordshire has a narrow southwards protrusion that runs west of West Midlands to the border of
Worcestershire. Further,
Stoke-on-Trent was removed from the non-metropolitan county in the
1990s to form a
unitary authority, but is still considered part of Staffordshire for ceremonial and geographical purposes.
Historically, Staffordshire was divided into the five
hundreds of
Cuttlestone,
Offlow,
Pirehill,
Seisdon and
Totmonslow.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire at current basic prices
published (pp.240-253) by
Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Agriculture | Industry | Services |
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| 1995 | 6,447 | 209 | 2,349 | 3,889 |
| 2000 | 8,621 | 150 | 2,986 | 5,485 |
| 2003 | 10,169 | 169 | 3,164 | 6,835 |
includes hunting and forestry
includes energy and construction
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
In the north and in the south the county is hilly, with wild
moorlands in the far north and
Cannock Chase an area of natural beauty in the south. In the middle regions the surface is low and undulating. Throughout the entire county there are vast and important
coal fields. In the southern part there are also rich iron ore deposits. The largest river is the
Trent. The soil is chiefly clay and agriculture was not highly developed until the mechanisation of farms.
See the list of places in Staffordshire and the List of civil parishes in StaffordshireTwo major universities are located in the county.
Keele University is located in
Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is a research-intensive university with particular strengths in
health and
law.
Staffordshire University is located in
Stoke-on-Trent and in
Stafford. It has strengths in
Aerospace &
Aeronautics.
A type of bull terrier called the
Staffordshire Bull Terrier was bred for hunting purposes in this county. Later, a fighting dog was created called the Staffordshire pit bull. They are known affectionately as "Staffies".
See Railways in StaffordshireAmusement parks*
Alton TowersChurches*
Lichfield Cathedral [
1]
Historic buildings*
Shugborough Hall [
2]
*
Blithfield Hall*
Dovecliff Hall*
Madeley Old Hall*
Moseley Old Hall,
Featherstone, Staffordshire*
Sandon Hall*
Whitmore Hall*
Biddulph Grange*
Eccleshall Castle*
Mow Cop Castle*
Stafford Castle*
Tamworth Castle*
Tutbury Castle*
Croxden Abbey*
Broad Eye Windmill,
Stafford*
Cheddleton Flint Mill, watermill
*
Ford Green Hall, Smallthorne
Lakes, rivers and canals*
Rudyard Lake*
Tittesworth Reservoir [
3]
*
Chasewater [
4]
*
River Trent*
River Blythe*
River Churnet*
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal*
Caldon Canal*
Coventry Canal*
Shropshire Union Canal*
Trent and Mersey Canal,
Harecastle TunnelMuseums*
Watermill housing
Brindley Water Museum,
Leek *
Izaak Walton Cottage MuseumParks*
Weston Park*
Cannock Chase*Hazel Slade Reserve
*
RSPB Coombes Valley*
National Memorial Arboretum [
5]
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Trentham Gardens*
Festival ParkRailways*
Churnet Valley Railway [
6]
*
Heritage railways:
Chasewater Railway,
Foxfield Steam Railway,
Manifold Valley Railway*
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Railway's website [
7]
*
Churnet Valley Railway [
8]
Walks*
Heart of England Way*
Staffordshire Way*
Lichfield Cricket Club*
Port Vale F.C.*
Stoke City F.C.*
Tipton Harriers*
West Midland Bird Club*
Abbots Bromley School for Girls*
The Stafford knot - as on the coat of arms above
* [
9] - Staffordshire County Council
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Staffordshire Past Track - Historical archive about the county
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North Staffordshire Railway
