Portal:Staffordshire

The Staffordshire Portal

Introduction

Staffordshire (/ˈstæfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a 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.

The county has an area of 1,713 square kilometres (661 sq mi) and a population of 1,131,052. Stoke-on-Trent is located in the north and is immediately adjacent to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stafford is in the centre of the county, Burton upon Trent in the east, and the city of Lichfield and Tamworth in the south-east. 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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Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was an English physicist whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation contributed to the development of radio communication. He identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Heinrich Hertz's proof. At his 1894 Royal Institution lectures ("The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors"), Lodge's demonstrations on methods to transmit and detect radio waves included an improved early radio receiver he named the "coherer". His work led to him holding key patents in early radio communication, his "syntonic" (or tuning) patents.

Lodge was appointed the assistant professor of applied mathematics at Bedford College, London in 1879, became the chair of physics at the University College Liverpool in 1881, and was the principal of the University of Birmingham from 1900 to 1919. (Full article...)

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Topics

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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Keele Hall, a former stately home on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme was bought by the Keele University in 1948. In the early 20th century, the exiled Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia lived in the hall.

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

Image 1Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 4Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 5The Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 6Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 7Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 8A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 9Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 10Stoke City's bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 13Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 14A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 15Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 16Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 17Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 20Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 23View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 24Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 25Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 26Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 27Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 28Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 29Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 30Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 31Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 32Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 34Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 35Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 36Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 37Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 38Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 39Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 40Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 41Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 43County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 44Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 45Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 46The Stoke campus of the University of Staffordshire (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 47Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Vale 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 49Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 50Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 51Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 52Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 53Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 54Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)

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 the Four Counties Ring is a canal ring linking the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands?
... that in medieval Tutbury, Staffordshire, minstrels chased a bull that, if caught, could be eaten or exchanged for forty pennies?
... 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?