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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 northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, 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 northwest 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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Williams at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, Life thru a Lens, was released in 1997, and included his best-selling single "Angels". His second album, I've Been Expecting You, featured the songs "Millennium" and "She's the One", his first and second number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour.

Williams has received a record 18 Brit Awards, winning Best British Male Artist four times, Outstanding Contribution to Music twice, an Icon Award for his lasting impact on British culture, eight German ECHO Awards, and three MTV European Music Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted the Greatest Artist of the 1990s. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), he has been certified for 20.36 million albums and 10 million singles in the UK as a solo artist. Five of his albums have also topped the Australian albums chart, and has sold 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He also topped the 2000–2010 UK airplay chart. His three concerts at Knebworth in 2003 drew over 375,000 people, the UK's biggest music event to that point. In 2014, he was awarded the freedom of his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent and had a tourist trail created and streets named in his honour. Williams' latest compilation album, XXV, was released on 9 September 2022. (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 1Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 4Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 5Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 6Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 7Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 8Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 9View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 10Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 13Vale 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 14The Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 15Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 16Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 17Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 20Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 23Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 24Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 25Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 26Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 27Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 28Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 30Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 31Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 34Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 35Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 36Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 37The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 38Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 39County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 40Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 41Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 43Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 44"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 46Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 47Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 49Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 50A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 51Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 52A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 53Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 54St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)

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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 Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley, Staffordshire, now redundant, has been known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries"?
... that Winton Square in Stoke-on-Trent has been described as the best example of neo-Jacobean architecture in Staffordshire?
... that the Diocese of Lichfield was once one of the largest in medieval England and was divided into five archdeaconries?