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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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Official portrait c. 1914

Sir Joseph Cook (7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party, having previously been leader of the Anti-Socialist Party from 1908 to 1909. His victory at the 1913 election marked the first time that a centre-right party had won a majority at an Australian federal election.

Cook was born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England, and began working in the local coal mines at the age of nine. He emigrated to Australia in 1885, settling in Lithgow, New South Wales. He continued to work as a miner, becoming involved with the local labour movement as a union official. In 1891, Cook was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a representative of the Labor Party, becoming one of its first members of parliament. He was elected party leader in 1893, but the following year left Labor due to a disagreement over party discipline. He was then invited to become a government minister under George Reid, and joined Reid's Free Trade Party. (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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Lichfield Cathedral is a late 12th century medieval cathedral situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The cathedral is dedicated to saints Chad and Mary and is the only medieval church in England with three spires.

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

Image 1Statue of Josiah Wedgwood by Edward Davis unveiled at its present location in 1863 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 2Vale 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 3Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 4Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 5Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley (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 7Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 8A Man Can't Fly sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, England. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 9Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 10Man of Fire, a 1964 sculpture installed on Lewis's Store (later Debenhams), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 13Perseus with the Head of Medusa sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini at Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 14A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 15Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 16Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 17Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 20Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 21Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 22Map of Stafford by John Speed circa 1611 (from Stafford)
Image 23Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 24Leek, the district's largest town and administrative headquarters. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 25Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 26A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 27Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 28Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 30Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 31Arnold Bennett Statue Hanley, located on the approach to Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32"CAPO" Modernist Sculpture depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood by Vincent Woropay © Eirian Evans via Geograph. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 34Colclough China Longton, a factory typical of the mid 20th century (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 35Cheadle, the district's third largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 36Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 37View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 38Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 39Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 40Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 41Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 43Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 44Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 46Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 47Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 48Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 49County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 50Biddulph Grange in Biddulph, the district's second largest town. (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 51Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 52Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 53The Golden sculpture, March 2017. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 54St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)

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Interesting facts

Did you know...

... that the windmill in Werrington was built to grind corn but later converted to grind coal to make briquettes?
... that deforestation in Staffordshire inspired contributions from Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward to a book of poetry about Needwood Forest by Francis Mundy?
... that George Speake sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the Staffordshire helmet?
... that Fascist MP Oswald Mosley (pictured)
Oswald Mosley
lived for many years in the now demolished Apedale Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme?