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Staffordshire (/ˈstæfərdʃɪər, -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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The Roaches (from the French les roches - the rocks) is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m (1,657 ft).

Along with Ramshaw Rocks and Hen Cloud they form a gritstone escarpment, which is popular with hikers, rock climbers and freerunners. It is often very busy especially at weekends. (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 2Stoke-on-Trent shown within Staffordshire and England (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 3Stoke-on-Trent Town Hall (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 4Stafford Knot (from Stafford)
Image 5Staffordshire University Stoke campus (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 6Stafford Crown Court (from Stafford)
Image 7Victoria Park, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 8Stafford Shire Hall (from Stafford)
Image 9Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 10A50 close to Longton. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 11From top left: Stoke Minster in Stoke-upon-Trent, Trentham Gardens, Wedgwood Institute, Tower Square in Tunstall, Bottle Kilns in Burslem and Stoke City Centre (Aka Hanley). (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 12Hundreds of Staffordshire (with North to the right) (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 13Shire Hall and Market Square (from Stafford)
Image 14Ancient High House (from Stafford)
Image 15Vale 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 16Looking southeast over the Roaches and Hen Cloud (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 17Library, Hanley (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 18Tunstall Tower Square. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 19The Borough Hall (from Stafford)
Image 20Map of Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 21Flag of Staffordshire (from History of Staffordshire)
Image 22Porcelain teapot by Henry and Richard Daniel, 1830 (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 23Colorado Bouillons Regina and teapots, vitrified tableware by Dudson Brothers Ltd. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 24The author Izaak Walton was born in Stafford. Portrait by Jacob Huysmans (from Stafford)
Image 25Stafford on the 14th-century Gough Map, at bottom centre. Stone is bottom left, Lichfield centre left. North is to the left (from Stafford)
Image 26Tittesworth reservoir near the Staffordshire Moorlands (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 27Staffordshire Moorlands shown within Staffordshire (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 28Burslem School of Art (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 29Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road (from Stafford)
Image 30Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 31Terraced housing is a common feature in the city. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 32Stoke-on-Trent railway station, built 1848. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 33Stafford railway station (from Stafford)
Image 34Moors located within the district (from Staffordshire Moorlands)
Image 35A diagram of local rail services in Stoke-on-Trent. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 36Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 37Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964 (from Stafford)
Image 38Hugh Bourne, founder of Primitive Methodism (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 39View from Stafford Castle (from Stafford)
Image 40Lemmy, born in Burslem (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 41Miss Elizabeth is a pleasure boat that travels the length of Trentham Lake, within Trentham Gardens (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 42County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 43Arnold Bennett, raised in Hanley. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 44Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium, opened in 1997, has a 30,089 capacity. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 45St Chad's Church, Stafford (from Stafford)
Image 46Chatterley Whitfield Colliery (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 47Stafford Hospital (from Stafford)
Image 48Royal Stoke University Hospital (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 49Restored bottle kilns, Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 50Canal on New Leek Road. (from Stoke-on-Trent)
Image 51Potteries Oatcake. (from Stoke-on-Trent)

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Interesting facts

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... 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 George Speake sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the Staffordshire helmet?
... 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 deforestation in Staffordshire inspired contributions from Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward to a book of poetry about Needwood Forest by Francis Mundy?