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Staffordshire (/ˈstæfədʃɪər, -ʃər/; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked 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 in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent, which is administered as an independent unitary authority, separately from the rest of the county. Lichfield is a cathedral city. Other major settlements include Stafford, Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rugeley, Leek, and Tamworth.

Other towns include Stone, Cheadle, Uttoxeter, Hednesford, Brewood, Burntwood/Chasetown, Kidsgrove, Eccleshall, Biddulph and the large villages of Penkridge, Wombourne, Perton, Kinver, Codsall, Tutbury, Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Shenstone, Featherstone, Essington, Stretton and Abbots Bromley. Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the National Forest and the Peak District national park. (Full article...)

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Neil Anthony Morrissey MBE (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor, businessman, singer and voice actor. He is known for his role as Tony in Men Behaving Badly. Other notable acting roles include Deputy Head Eddie Lawson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, Nigel Morton in Line of Duty, and Rocky in Boon. Morrissey also provides the voice of many cartoon characters, including Bob, Roley, Lofty, Mr. Angelo Sabatini, Mr. Fothergill, Farmer Pickles and Scrufty in the original UK version of Bob the Builder. (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 1The Golden sculpture in March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 4Vale 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 5Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 6Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 7Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 8Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 9Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 10Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 13Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 14Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 15Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 16A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 17Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Stafford Shire Hall (from Stafford)
Image 19Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 20Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 22Stoke-on-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 23Stafford on the 14th-century Gough Map, at bottom centre. Stone is bottom left, Lichfield centre left. North is to the left (from Stafford)
Image 24Library, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 25Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 26Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 27The Borough Hall (from Stafford)
Image 28Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 30Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 31Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32Top to bottom, left to right: Bottle kiln in Longton, Tree Stories sculpture in Hanley, Golden sculpture in Tunstall, One Smithfield building in Hanley, Trentham gardens, Hanley cultural quarter (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Stoke-on-Trent shown within Staffordshire and England (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 34Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 35The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 36County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 37Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 38A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 39Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 40Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 41Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 43View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 44Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 46Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 47Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Stafford railway station (from Stafford)

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Interesting facts

Did you know...

... 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?
... that Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley, Staffordshire, now redundant, has been known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries"?
... that the Four Counties Ring is a canal ring linking the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands?