Staffordshire

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Staffordshire County Council
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/ Charlotte Atkins, William Cash, Patrick Cormack, Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant, Paul Farrelly, Mark Fisher, Robert Flello, Brian Jenkins, David Kidney, Joan Walley, Tony Wrig

Staffordshire
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region:	West Midlands
Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 18th 2,713 km² Ranked 18th 2,620 km²
Admin HQ:	Stafford
GB:	GB-STS
ONS code:	41
NUTS 3:	UKG24
Demographics
Population - Total () - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked / km² Ranked
Ethnicity:	97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian
Politics
Executive:
Members of Parliament

Districts

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

The major city in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent. Lichfield is also classed as a city but this is only by virtue of it having a cathedral and so is considerably smaller. Major towns include Burton upon Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cannock, Tamworth and Stafford itself.

Staffordshire is divided into a number of districts. These are Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Tamworth. Stoke-on-Trent is administered as an independent unitary authority.

History

Main article History of Staffordshire.

The historic county of Staffordshire included Wolverhampton, Walsall, and West Bromwich, these were removed in 1974 to the new county of West Midlands. The resulting administrative area of Staffordshire has a narrow southwards protrusion that runs west of West Midlands to the border of Worcestershire. Further, Stoke-on-Trent was removed from the non-metropolitan county in the 1990s to form a unitary authority, but is still considered part of Staffordshire for ceremonial and geographical purposes.

Historically, Staffordshire was divided into the five hundreds of Cuttlestone, Offlow, Pirehill, Seisdon and Totmonslow.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	6,447	209	2,349	3,889
2000	8,621	150	2,986	5,485
2003	10,169	169	3,164	6,835

includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Geography

In the north and in the south the county is hilly, with wild moorlands in the far north and Cannock Chase an area of natural beauty in the south. In the middle regions the surface is low and undulating. Throughout the entire county there are vast and important coal fields. In the southern part there are also rich iron ore deposits. The largest river is the Trent. The soil is chiefly clay and agriculture was not highly developed until the mechanisation of farms.

Towns and villages

See the list of places in Staffordshire and the List of civil parishes in Staffordshire

Education

Two major universities are located in the county. Keele University is located in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is a research-intensive university with particular strengths in health and law. Staffordshire University is located in Stoke-on-Trent and in Stafford. It has strengths in Aerospace & Aeronautics.

Dogs

A type of bull terrier called the Staffordshire Bull Terrier was bred for hunting purposes in this county. Later, a fighting dog was created called the Staffordshire pit bull. They are known affectionately as "Staffies".

Railways

See Railways in Staffordshire

Places of interest

Amusement parks

Alton Towers

Churches

Lichfield Cathedral ^*

Historic buildings

Lakes, rivers and canals

Museums

Watermill housing Brindley Water Museum, Leek
Izaak Walton Cottage Museum

Parks

Railways

Churnet Valley Railway ^*
Heritage railways: Chasewater Railway, Foxfield Steam Railway, Manifold Valley Railway
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Railway's website ^*
Churnet Valley Railway ^*

Walks

Local Groups

External links

^* - Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Past Track - Historical archive about the county
North Staffordshire Railway

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