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class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Civic history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Civic_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historic_population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic_population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Historic population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Landmarks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Landmarks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Landmarks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Landmarks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Media subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Newspapers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Newspapers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Newspapers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Newspapers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_representation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>National representation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_representation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Emergency_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Emergency_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Emergency services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Emergency_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Justice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Justice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Justice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Justice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MOD_Stafford" class="vector-toc-list-item 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schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Secondary_schools" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secondary_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Secondary schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secondary_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tertiary_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tertiary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Tertiary education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tertiary_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A6fford" title="Stæfford – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Stæfford" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3)" title="استافورد (اینگیلیس) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="استافورد (اینگیلیس)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Стафорд – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Стафорд" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_(Anglaterra)" title="Stafford (Anglaterra) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Stafford (Anglaterra)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Hiniusang_Gingharian)" title="Stafford (kapital sa kondado sa Hiniusang Gingharian) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Stafford (kapital sa kondado sa Hiniusang Gingharian)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Stafford" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="استافورد (انگلستان) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استافورد (انگلستان)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_(Royaume-Uni)" title="Stafford (Royaume-Uni) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Stafford 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data-title="स्टैफ़र्ड" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Стаффорд – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Стаффорд" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steforda" title="Steforda – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Steforda" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafordas" title="Stafordas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Stafordas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Стаффорд – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Стаффорд" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" 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title="Stafford – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_(England)" title="Stafford (England) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stafford (England)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Стаффорд – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Стаффорд" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Stafford" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG/142px-County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG/213px-County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG/284px-County_Buildings_Stafford_Guy_Cockin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div style="border:1;;height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG/142px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG/213px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG/284px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marie_de_Stafford_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div>Clockwise from top: <a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Stafford" title="Shire Hall, Stafford">Shire Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Castle" title="Stafford Castle">Stafford Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Mary's Church, Stafford">St Mary's Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Buildings,_Stafford" title="County Buildings, Stafford">County Buildings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_High_House" title="Ancient High House">Ancient High House</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Suburbs of the town</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Baswich" title="Baswich">Baswich</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Beaconside" title="Beaconside">Beaconside</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Coppenhall" title="Coppenhall">Coppenhall</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Doxey" title="Doxey">Doxey</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Holmcroft" title="Holmcroft">Holmcroft</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Lea" title="Hyde Lea">Hyde Lea</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Littleworth,_Stafford" title="Littleworth, Stafford">Littleworth</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Moss_Pit" title="Moss Pit">Moss Pit</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Tillington,_Staffordshire" title="Tillington, Staffordshire">Tillington, Staffordshire</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Walton-on-the-Hill,_Staffordshire" title="Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire">Walton on the Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">STAFFORD</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ST_postcode_area" title="ST postcode area">ST16-ST21</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01785</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Police" title="Staffordshire Police">Staffordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service">Staffordshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Ambulance_Service" title="West Midlands Ambulance Service">West Midlands</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://staffordbc.gov.uk">staffordbc<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Staffordshire" title="List of places in Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Stafford&params=52.807_N_2.117_W_region:GB_type:city(71673)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°48′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°07′01″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.807°N 2.117°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.807; -2.117</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stafford</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a market town and the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, England. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, 15 miles (24 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. The town had a population of 71,673 <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2021">in 2021</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CITPOP_buasd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITPOP_buasd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the main settlement within the larger <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stafford" title="Borough of Stafford">Borough of Stafford</a>, which had a population of 136,837 in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stafford has <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons">Anglo-Saxon</a> roots, being founded in 913, when <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelfl%C3%A6d" title="Æthelflæd">Æthelflæd</a>, Lady of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a> founded a defensive <a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burh</a>, it became the county town of Staffordshire soon after. Stafford became an important market town in the Middle Ages, and later grew into an important industrial town due to the proliferation of shoemaking, engineering and electrical industries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient">Ancient</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ancient"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prehistoric finds suggest scattered settlements in the area, whilst 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of the town lies an <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Iron Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Hill_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill fort">hill fort</a> at <a href="/wiki/Berry_Ring" title="Berry Ring">Berry Ring</a>. There is also evidence of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> activity in the area, with finds around Clark and Eastgate Street. However it is thought that the Romans reclaimed the marsh for agriculture rather than settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Anglo-Saxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford means "<a href="/wiki/Ford_(crossing)" title="Ford (crossing)">ford</a>" by a <a href="/wiki/Staithe" class="mw-redirect" title="Staithe">staithe</a> (landing place). The original settlement was on a near island, on a gravelly lowland bounded by loop of the <a href="/wiki/River_Sow" title="River Sow">River Sow</a> to the south and west (a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">River Trent</a>). The eastern boundary was formed by Sandyford brook, with a marshy area to the north. Despite many drains being constructed in the 19th century, the area is still prone to flooding.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg/220px-Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg/330px-Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg/440px-Map_of_Stafford_-_John_Speed_map_1610.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1532" data-file-height="1210" /></a><figcaption>Map of Stafford by <a href="/wiki/John_Speed" title="John Speed">John Speed</a> circa 1611</figcaption></figure> <p>Stafford has been identified as the island of Bethney, or Bethnei where St <a href="/wiki/Bertelin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bertelin">Bertelin</a> is said to have founded a hermitage about AD 700, before moving to a more remote area.<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others then settled in the area and named it Stafford. There may have been a settlement near the river crossing in 913, when <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelfl%C3%A6d" title="Æthelflæd">Æthelflæd</a>, Lady of <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercia</a> founded a <a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burh</a> (fortified settlement) at Stafford; one of many founded across Mercia as part of her campaign against the <a href="/wiki/Danes_(Germanic_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danes (Germanic tribe)">Danes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a>). A <a href="/wiki/Mint_(facility)" title="Mint (facility)">mint</a> was founded at Stafford by King <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelstan" title="Æthelstan">Æthelstan</a> (924-39) which continued in operation until the reign of <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a> (1154–89).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stafford also provided an industrial area for centralised production of Roman-style pottery (Stafford Ware),<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was supplied to a chain of West Midlands <a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burhs</a>. </p><p>The county of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> was formed at about this time, with Stafford as its <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a>. Stafford lay within the <a href="/wiki/Pirehill" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirehill">Pirehill</a> <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundred (county subdivision)">hundred</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norman_and_medieval">Norman and medieval</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Norman and medieval"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1069, a rebellion by <a href="/wiki/Eadric_the_Wild" title="Eadric the Wild">Eadric the Wild</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman conquest</a> culminated in the Battle of Stafford. Two years later another rebellion, led by <a href="/wiki/Edwin,_Earl_of_Mercia" title="Edwin, Earl of Mercia">Edwin, Earl of Mercia</a>, ended in Edwin's assassination and distribution of his lands among the followers of <a href="/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a>, who granted <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Tonei" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert de Tonei">Robert de Tonei</a> (later known as Robert de Stafford) the manor of Bradley and one third of the king's rents in Stafford. The estate became the seat of the powerful <a href="/wiki/Feudal_barony_of_Stafford" title="Feudal barony of Stafford">Stafford family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNormans_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNormans-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StaffordCastle1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/StaffordCastle1.jpg/220px-StaffordCastle1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/StaffordCastle1.jpg/330px-StaffordCastle1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/StaffordCastle1.jpg/440px-StaffordCastle1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Castle" title="Stafford Castle">Stafford Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Castle" title="Stafford Castle">Stafford Castle</a>, was first built by Robert de Stafford on a nearby hilltop to the west around 1070.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNormans_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNormans-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was first made of wood and later rebuilt in stone around 1348. It has been rebuilt since.<sup id="cite_ref-origins_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stafford was a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_wall" title="Defensive wall">walled town</a> by 1086. The town walls were probably wooden originally, but later rebuilt in stone. There were four gates on the roads into the town from the north, south, east and west. By around 1670 the walls were in ruin, and their remnants were gradually demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982199–200_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982199–200-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stafford became an important market town during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, which had a particular focus of trading cloth and wool.<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1280s there were various trades such as <a href="/wiki/Tanning_(leather)" title="Tanning (leather)">tanning</a>, glove making and shoe making being practised in the town. A <a href="/wiki/Guild" title="Guild">guild</a> of shoemakers was founded in 1476.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medieval Stafford was served by two churches; <a href="/wiki/St_Chad%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Chad's Church, Stafford">St Chad's</a>, which is the oldest building in Stafford, dating from the mid-<a href="/wiki/12th_century" title="12th century">12th century</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Mary's Church, Stafford">St Mary's</a> which dates from the early-<a href="/wiki/13th_century" title="13th century">13th century</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982243–248_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982243–248-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">Richard II</a> was paraded through the town's streets as a prisoner in 1399, by troops loyal to Henry Bolingbroke (the future <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England" title="Henry IV of England">Henry IV</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tudor">Tudor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tudor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1521, Stafford was described as 'a proper and fair town', although it went into decline during the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a>, and in 1540, many of the houses were described as being in a state of disrepair. <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a> visited Stafford in 1575, at this time the town was still in a state of decay.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_High_House" title="Ancient High House">Ancient High House</a>, believed to be the largest timber-framed town house in England, was built in 1595 by John Dorrington; it was extensively restored during 1976-86.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="17th_century">17th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 17th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I</a> visited Stafford in 1617, he was said to be so impressed by the Shire Hall and other buildings that he called it "Little London".<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Izaak_Walton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Izaak_Walton.jpg/170px-Izaak_Walton.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Izaak_Walton.jpg/255px-Izaak_Walton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Izaak_Walton.jpg/340px-Izaak_Walton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>The author <a href="/wiki/Izaak_Walton" title="Izaak Walton">Izaak Walton</a> was born in Stafford. Portrait by <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Huysmans" title="Jacob Huysmans">Jacob Huysmans</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, Stafford was initially held by the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalists</a>; King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> visited Stafford shortly after the outbreak of the war in September 1642, staying for three days at the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_High_House" title="Ancient High House">Ancient High House</a>. The town resisted two assaults by the <a href="/wiki/Roundheads" class="mw-redirect" title="Roundheads">Parliamentarians</a> in February 1643, but was later taken by them in May 1643, when a force led by <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Brereton,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet">Sir William Brereton</a> captured the town by stealth. Stafford then became the seat of the parliamentary county committee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stafford Castle was defended by a garrison led by Lady Isabel Stafford, but the Parliamentarians finally won control in 1643. A few months later an order was given for the demolition of the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-origins_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Stafford's famous son <a href="/wiki/Izaak_Walton" title="Izaak Walton">Izaak Walton</a>, author of <a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Angler" title="The Compleat Angler">The Compleat Angler</a>, was a staunch Royalist.<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1658 Stafford elected <a href="/wiki/John_Bradshaw_(judge)" title="John Bradshaw (judge)">John Bradshaw</a>, who had been judge at the trial of King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a>, to represent the town in Parliament. During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Howard,_1st_Viscount_Stafford" title="William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford">William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford</a> became implicated in the <a href="/wiki/Popish_Plot" title="Popish Plot">Popish Plot</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Titus_Oates" title="Titus Oates">Titus Oates</a> whipped up anti-Catholic feeling with claims of a plot to have the king killed. Lord Stafford was among those accused; he was unfortunate to be the first to be tried and was beheaded in 1680. The charge was false and on 4 June 1685, the bill of attainder against him was reversed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_century_to_present">18th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 18th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town was represented in Parliament from 1780 by the playwright <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan" title="Richard Brinsley Sheridan">Richard Brinsley Sheridan</a>. During that period, the town's mechanised shoe industry was founded, the best-known factory owner being William Horton.<sup id="cite_ref-staffordbc1_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staffordbc1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shoemaking industry flourished over the next century, and became Stafford's staple trade, at its height in the 1880s, there were 39 manufacturers in the town. The industry went into steady decline from thereon, and by 1958 there was just one manufacturer, Lotus remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last shoe factory was demolished in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1814, Stafford was linked to the canal network by the <a href="/wiki/River_Sow_Navigation" title="River Sow Navigation">River Sow Navigation</a>; a short navigation which linked Stafford to the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal</a>. The navigation fell into disuse in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982198_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982198-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The railways arrived in Stafford in 1837 when the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction_Railway" title="Grand Junction Railway">Grand Junction Railway</a> was opened, linking the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Liverpool and Manchester Railway">Liverpool and Manchester Railway</a> to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, which provided the first rail connection to London. The <a href="/wiki/Trent_Valley_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Trent Valley Railway">Trent Valley Railway</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a> and then direct to London, was opened in 1847. Two more lines, both now closed then followed, from <a href="/wiki/Stafford%E2%80%93Shrewsbury_line" title="Stafford–Shrewsbury line">Stafford to Shrewsbury</a> in 1849, and <a href="/wiki/Stafford_and_Uttoxeter_Railway" title="Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway">to Uttoxeter</a> in 1867. Stafford became a major junction, which helped to attract other industries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982198_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982198-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 19th century, Stafford's economy began to diversify into engineering, when the <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a> manufacturer <a href="/wiki/W._G._Bagnall" title="W. G. Bagnall">W. G. Bagnall</a> opened a large works in the town in 1875. In the early 1900s electrical engineering became a major activity, when <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Brothers" title="Siemens Brothers">Siemens Brothers</a>, opened a large factory in the town, producing such items as electrical motors, generators and <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformers</a>. The electrical industry has been under the ownership of several companies since, including <a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">GEC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Friars%27_Walk_drill_hall" title="Friars' Walk drill hall">Friars' Walk drill hall</a> was completed in 1913, just in time for the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-drill_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drill-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a> was opened to the west of Stafford in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982196_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982196-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013 Stafford celebrated its 1,100th anniversary year with a number of history-based exhibitions, while local historian Nick Thomas and writer Roger Butters were set to produce the two-volume <i>A Compleat [</i>sic<i>] History of Stafford</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_history">Civic history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Civic history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford was already an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a> by the time of the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086. Its borough status was confirmed in 1206, when <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John</a> issued a charter. Stafford was reconstituted as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1835. The borough boundaries were expanded in 1876, 1917 and 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982222–234_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982222–234-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stafford" title="Borough of Stafford">Borough of Stafford</a> covers a much larger area then the town itself, and was created in 1974, when the old municipal borough of Stafford was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Rural_District" title="Stafford Rural District">Stafford Rural District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Rural_District" title="Stone Rural District">Stone Rural District</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982222–234_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982222–234-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_population">Historic population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Historic population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto; font-size:100%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Year </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1622 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1801 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1831 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1861 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1881 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1911 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1951 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">1971 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2001 </th> <th style="background:#fff; color:navy;">2021 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;">Population*<br /><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982185–187-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CITPOP_buasd_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITPOP_buasd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">1,550 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">3,898 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">6,956 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">12,532 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">19,977 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">23,383 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">40,263 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">55,001 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">62,789 </td> <td style="background:#fff; color:black;">71,673 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg/220px-Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg/330px-Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg/440px-Stafford-ancient-high-house.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Ancient High House</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg/220px-View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg/330px-View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg/440px-View_from_Stafford_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1136200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>View from Stafford Castle</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_architecture" title="Elizabethan architecture">Elizabethan</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_High_House" title="Ancient High House">Ancient High House</a> in the town centre is the largest <a href="/wiki/Timber_framing" title="Timber framing">timber-framed</a> town house in England.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now a museum with temporary exhibitions. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Castle" title="Stafford Castle">Stafford Castle</a> was built by the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Normans</a> on the nearby hilltop to the west in about 1090, replacing the post-Conquest fort in the town. It was first made of wood, and later rebuilt of stone. It has been rebuilt twice since, and the ruins of the 19th-century Gothic revival castle crowning the <a href="/wiki/Earthworks_(engineering)" title="Earthworks (engineering)">earthworks</a> incorporate much of the original stonework. The castle has a visitor centre with audio-visual displays and hands-on items. There is also a recreated medieval herb garden. Shakespeare productions take place in the castle grounds each summer. The castle forms a landmark for drivers, as it is visible from the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Chad%27s_Church,_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg/220px-St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg/330px-St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_462721.jpg 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>St Chad's Church, Stafford</figcaption></figure> <p>The oldest building now in Stafford is <a href="/wiki/St_Chad%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Chad's Church, Stafford">St Chad's Church</a>, dating back to the 12th century.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main part of the church is richly decorated. Carvings in its archways and on its pillars may have been made by a group of stonemasons from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> who came to England during the Crusades. Much of the stonework was covered up in the 17th and 18th centuries and the church took on a neo-classical style. In the early <a href="/wiki/Victorian_restoration" title="Victorian restoration">19th-century restoration</a>, work was carried out on the church and the Norman decoration rediscovered. The church hosts "Timewalk", a computer-generated display that relates the journey of history and mystery within the walls of the church. </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Mary's Church, Stafford">St Mary's, the collegiate church</a> formerly linked to St Bertelin's chapel, was rebuilt in the early 13th century on a <a href="/wiki/Cruciform" title="Cruciform">cruciform</a> plan, with an <a href="/wiki/Aisle" title="Aisle">aisled</a> <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a> typical of the period. It has an impressive octagonal tower, once topped by a tall steeple, which can be picked out in Gough's plan shown above. The church was effectively two churches in one, divided by a screen, with the parish using the nave and the collegiate canons the chancel. St Mary's was restored in 1842 by <a href="/wiki/Giles_Gilbert_Scott" title="Giles Gilbert Scott">Giles Gilbert Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square,_Stafford,_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg/220px-Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg/330px-Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg/440px-Shire_Hall_and_Market_Square%2C_Stafford%2C_geograph_2358992_by_David_Dixon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Stafford" title="Shire Hall, Stafford">Shire Hall</a> and Market Square</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Stafford" title="Shire Hall, Stafford">Shire Hall</a> was built in 1798 as a court house and office of the Mayor and Clerk of Stafford.<sup id="cite_ref-SHG_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHG-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shire Hall used to be the town's court house, and is a Grade II <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>. In recent times, the building was used as an art gallery and library, before a new facility was built within the new council buildings, The Market Square has recently gone under a £2 million redevelopment which was completed in November 2023. </p><p>Green Hall on Lichfield Road is a Grade II listed manor house (now apartments), originally built about 1810 as Forebridge Hall, known after 1880 as Green Hall. It was previously used as a girls' school and as council offices.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Shugborough_Hall" title="Shugborough Hall">Shugborough Hall</a> country estate is 4 miles (6.4 km) out of town. It once belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Earls_of_Lichfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Earls of Lichfield">Earls of Lichfield</a> and is now owned by the <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a>. The 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Sandon_Hall" title="Sandon Hall">Sandon Hall</a> is 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Stafford. It is set in 400 acres (1.6 km<sup>2</sup>) of parkland, as the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Earl of Harrowby">Earl of Harrowby</a>. Weston Hall stands 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Stafford, in the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">Trent</a> valley with a large park and was once part of the <a href="/wiki/Chartley_Castle" title="Chartley Castle">Chartley</a> estate. It is thought that the main part of the hall was built about 1550 as a small dower house, but the architectural evidence suggests it is <a href="/wiki/Jacobean_architecture" title="Jacobean architecture">Jacobean</a>. Weston Hall was extended in 1660 into a three-gabled structure with high-pitched roofs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Stafford" title="Special:EditPage/Stafford">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Its Met Studio is a dedicated to stand-up comedy and alternative live music. There is an art gallery in the Shire Hall. Staffordshire County Showground, just outside the town, holds many national and local events. The annual <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> Festival at Stafford Castle has attracted many notable people, including <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sidebottom" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Sidebottom">Frank Sidebottom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg/220px-Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg/330px-Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg/440px-Stafford_Victoria_Park_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>Victoria Park, Stafford</figcaption></figure> <p>Victoria Park, opened in 1908, is a 13-acre (53 ha) <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian</a> riverside park with a play park, bowling green, bird cages and greenhouses. It has a children's play area, a sand-and-water-jet area replacing an open-air paddling pool, and a bmx/skateboard area. Stafford also has a 9-hole <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">golf course</a> near the town centre. </p><p>Recent developments on Riverside allowed for an expansion of the town, notably with a new Odeon cinema to replace the ageing one at the end of the high street. Stafford Film Theatre is based at the Gatehouse Theatre and shows independent and alternative films. There is a <a href="/wiki/Tenpin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenpin">tenpin</a> bowling alley at Greyfriars Place. The new Stafford Leisure Centre opened in 2008 on Lammascote Road. </p><p>Night life consists of smaller bar and club venues such as Casa, the Grapes, <a href="/wiki/Picture_House,_Stafford" title="Picture House, Stafford">the Picture House</a>, neighbouring night clubs Couture and Poptastic, Hogarths, and rock gigs at the live music venue Redrum. Most of these are in walking distance of each other. There is a big student patronage, with coaches bringing them from <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannock" title="Cannock">Cannock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>. </p><p>A new shopping centre was completed in 2017, housing major stores and a number of restaurants, The guildhall shopping centre no longer is open </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford is covered by the <i><a href="/wiki/Express_and_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Express and Star">Express and Star</a></i> and <i>Staffordshire Newsletter</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> neither of which have offices in the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford is covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">BBC West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">ITV Central</a>, both broadcasting from Birmingham to the wider West Midlands region. Stafford is mainly served by the <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_transmitting_station" title="Sutton Coldfield transmitting station">Sutton Coldfield transmitting station</a>, just north of Birmingham, but some residents get a better picture from <a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin_transmitting_station" title="The Wrekin transmitting station">The Wrekin transmitting station</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Telford,_Shropshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Telford, Shropshire">Telford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In terms of BBC Local Radio, Stafford is covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a>, with a transmitter based on top of the County Education building.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In commercial radio, Stafford is covered by <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a> programming from London, Manchester or Birmingham for most of the day), broadcasting on 96.1 FM from a transmitter at <a href="/wiki/Pye_Green_BT_Tower" title="Pye Green BT Tower">Pye Green BT Tower</a>, near Hednesford. </p><p>Stafford can also receive the West Midlands regionals, like <a href="/wiki/Heart_West_Midlands" title="Heart West Midlands">Heart West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smooth_West_Midlands" title="Smooth West Midlands">Smooth West Midlands</a>, and is at the very north of the <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Black_Country_%26_Shropshire" title="Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire">Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire</a> coverage area. </p><p>BFBS Gurkha Radio broadcasts locally on 1278 kHz <a href="/wiki/Medium_wave" title="Medium wave">medium wave</a> from <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Barracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Beacon Barracks">Beacon Barracks</a>. </p><p>The town's first community licensed station, <a href="/wiki/Stafford_FM" title="Stafford FM">Stafford FM</a>, launches in 2015 after a number of restricted service FM licences. The station rebranded in April 2024 to Vibe 1, and remains the only commercial radio station with a fixed studio broadcasting from Stafford, to Stafford. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most of the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>, Stafford has a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime climate">maritime climate</a> with cool summers and mild winters. The nearest Met Office weather station is at <a href="/wiki/Penkridge" title="Penkridge">Penkridge</a>, about 5 miles to the south. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Stafford 101 m asl, 1971–2000 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(2.47) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(1.75) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.2<br />(2.02) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.5<br />(1.91) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.7<br />(2.07) </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(2.33) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(1.84) </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(2.27) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.6<br />(2.50) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.5<br />(2.38) </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(2.44) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.8<br />(2.63) </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">676.0<br />(26.61) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #525252; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.3 </td> <td style="background: #767676; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59.0 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.9 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">129.9 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">179.5 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.8 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183.5 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.6 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">122.1 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.6 </td> <td style="background: #6E6E6E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58.5 </td> <td style="background: #464646; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4 </td> <td style="background: #B3B373; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,330.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/MetOffice" class="mw-redirect" title="MetOffice">MetOffice</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford has a history of shoemaking as far back as 1476, when it was a cottage industry,<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a manufacturing process was introduced in the 1700s.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> William Horton founded a business in 1767 that became the largest shoe company in Stafford, selling worldwide. He had several government contracts through the town's <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP), the playwright <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan" title="Richard Brinsley Sheridan">Richard Brinsley Sheridan</a>. The shoe industry gradually died out in the late 20th century, with Lotus Shoes the last manufacturer.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its factory in Sandon Road was demolished in 2001 and replaced by housing. </p><p>A locomotive firm, <a href="/wiki/WG_Bagnall" class="mw-redirect" title="WG Bagnall">WG Bagnall</a>, was set up in 1875 to manufacture steam engines for the <a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_%26_Scottish_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London, Midland & Scottish Railway">London, Midland & Scottish Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>. Between 1875 and 1962, the Castle Engine Works in Castle Town produced 1,869 locomotives, including steam, diesel and electric. It was taken over in 1961 by <a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a>, which also bought the Stafford-based engine manufacturer <a href="/wiki/WH_Dorman_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="WH Dorman & Company">WH Dorman & Company</a>. This had merged with Bagnall's by then.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1901, a major industrial activity has been heavy <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Power_station" title="Power station">power station</a> <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformers</a>. The works have been successively owned by <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Brothers" title="Siemens Brothers">Siemens Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">GEC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alstom" title="Alstom">GEC Alsthom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alstom T&D was sold in 2004 to <a href="/wiki/Areva" title="Areva">Areva</a>. At the end of 2009, Areva T&D was split between former owners Alstom and <a href="/wiki/Schneider_Electric" title="Schneider Electric">Schneider Electric</a>. At the end of 2015, the works were acquired by General Electric consolidating Stafford as the Centre of Excellence for HVDC, AC Substations and Converter Transformers. Each transformer weighs several hundred tons and a <a href="/wiki/Road_train" title="Road train">road train</a> is used for transport. In the 1968 <a href="/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash" title="Hixon rail crash">Hixon rail crash</a>, one such road train was struck by an express train on a <a href="/wiki/Level_crossing" title="Level crossing">level crossing</a>. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Reinforced_Concrete_Engineering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Reinforced Concrete Engineering (page does not exist)">British Reinforced Concrete Engineering</a> (BRC) moved from Manchester, and opened a large factory in Stafford in 1926. In the late 1970s, BRC employed around 750 people in Stafford,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982208–222-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however the business declined, and the factory closed in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Perkins_Engines" title="Perkins Engines">Perkins Engines</a> has a factory for diesel engines in <a href="/wiki/Littleworth,_Stafford" title="Littleworth, Stafford">Littleworth</a>. Adhesives manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Bostik" title="Bostik">Bostik</a> has a large factory in the town. Stafford is also a dormitory town for commuting to <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. </p><p>Private service industries based in Stafford include <a href="/w/index.php?title=TopCashback&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TopCashback (page does not exist)">TopCashback</a>. The public sector provides much local employment, with Staffordshire County Council, Stafford Borough Council and <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Police" title="Staffordshire Police">Staffordshire Police</a> all headquartered in the town. <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Stafford" title="HM Prison Stafford">Stafford Prison</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Hospital,_Stafford" title="County Hospital, Stafford">County Hospital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Barracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Beacon Barracks">Beacon Barracks</a> are other sources of public-sector employment. </p><p>The town was home to the <a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">computer science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Information Technology">IT</a> campus of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a>, along with Beaconside campus, which housed the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Technology and part of the Business School. These have all been transferred to Stoke-on-Trent. The only block of Stafford University left in use is the School of Health in Blackheath Lane, which teaches medical <a href="/wiki/Nursing" title="Nursing">nursing</a>. The main Stoke campus lies about 18 miles (30 km) to the north. </p><p>The Guildhall Shopping Centre in the centre of town offered over 40 retail outlets, it has since closed The three superstores around the main town centre were joined by two others in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a> there were 70,145 residents in Stafford, up from 68,472, in the 2011 census, and 62,440 in the 2001 census.<sup id="cite_ref-CITPOP_buasd_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITPOP_buasd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of ethnicity in 2021:<sup id="cite_ref-CITPOP_buasd_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITPOP_buasd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>90.6% of Stafford residents were <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">White</a></li> <li>4.5% were <a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian</a></li> <li>1.6% were <a href="/wiki/Black_British" class="mw-redirect" title="Black British">Black</a></li> <li>2.3% were <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a>.</li> <li>0.7% were from another ethnic group.</li></ul> <p>In terms of religion, 51.8% of Stafford residents identified as <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>, 42.9% said they had <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">no religion</a>, 1.7% were <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a>, 1.5% were <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a>, 0.8% were <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a>, 0.6% were <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a>, and 0.6% were from another religion.<sup id="cite_ref-CITPOP_buasd_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITPOP_buasd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Staffordstation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Staffordstation.jpg/220px-Staffordstation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Staffordstation.jpg/330px-Staffordstation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Staffordstation.jpg/440px-Staffordstation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford railway station</a> was once a major railway hub, but the suspension of passenger services on the <a href="/wiki/Stafford_and_Uttoxeter_Railway" title="Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway">Stafford to Uttoxeter line</a> in 1939 and <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching's closure</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Stafford%E2%80%93Shrewsbury_line" title="Stafford–Shrewsbury line">Stafford to Shrewsbury Line</a> in 1964 eliminated the station's east-west traffic. The years up to 2008 saw cross-country trains (operated by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry" title="Virgin CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</a>) stopping at Stafford less frequently. Since <a href="/wiki/Arriva_CrossCountry" class="mw-redirect" title="Arriva CrossCountry">Arriva CrossCountry</a> took over the franchise and adopted a new timetable in 2008, this has reversed and services between <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly railway station">Manchester Piccadilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> almost always stop at Stafford, giving a service typically every 30 mins on weekdays. Beyond Birmingham, the services continue alternately to <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_railway_station" title="Bournemouth railway station">Bournemouth</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Avanti_West_Coast" title="Avanti West Coast">Avanti West Coast</a> services to <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a> operate hourly in each direction seven days a week. In December 2008, <a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a> introduced a service stopping at Stafford on the <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a> to London Euston route and a Birmingham New Street–Liverpool Lime Street service that departs from Stafford normally every 30 mins on weekdays. These are now operated by <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a>. At least one train a day in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Crewe is operated by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail" title="Transport for Wales Rail">Transport for Wales</a>, usually the first and last of the day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Junctions 13 (Stafford South & Central) and 14 (Stafford North) of the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a> provide access to the town, so that Birmingham and Manchester are easily reached. The <a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a> runs through the town centre and links with Stone and Stoke-on-Trent to the north and to the West Midlands conurbation to the south including Birmingham, <a href="/wiki/Walsall" title="Walsall">Walsall</a> and Wolverhampton. The <a href="/wiki/A518_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A518 road">A518 road</a> connects Stafford with Telford to the south-west and <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a> to the north-east. This is the main route to the theme park at <a href="/wiki/Alton_Towers" title="Alton Towers">Alton Towers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A449_road" title="A449 road">A449</a> runs south from the town centre to the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Penkridge" title="Penkridge">Penkridge</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>. Finally, the <a href="/wiki/A513_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A513 road">A513</a> runs east from Stafford to the local towns of <a href="/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley">Rugeley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Midlands" title="Arriva Midlands">Arriva Cannock</a> depot in 2020, Local bus services in Stafford are operated by <a href="/wiki/D%26G_Bus" title="D&G Bus">D&G Bus</a> trading as <a href="/wiki/Chaserider" title="Chaserider">Chaserider</a>, running services to <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannock" title="Cannock">Cannock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley">Rugeley</a>. Select Bus Services operate a number of local routes to the county town's suburbs, while <a href="/wiki/Arriva_Midlands" title="Arriva Midlands">Arriva Midlands</a> runs one to <a href="/wiki/Telford" title="Telford">Telford</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Express_West_Midlands" title="National Express West Midlands">National Express West Midlands</a> had operated service 54 between <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> and Stafford until April 2020, when it was cut short and later withdrawn. Select Bus offer a replacement 877/878 to Wolverhampton calling at rural villages Bradley, <a href="/wiki/Wheaton_Aston" title="Wheaton Aston">Wheaton Aston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brewood" title="Brewood">Brewood</a> and Coven. Services to <a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> are handled by <a href="/wiki/First_Potteries" title="First Potteries">First Potteries</a> (service 101). </p><p>Stafford has five taxi firms and several independent operators from ranks at the station, Bridge St, Broad St and Salter St. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canal">Canal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal</a> runs close to the <a href="/wiki/Baswich" title="Baswich">Baswich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wildwood,_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildwood, Stafford">Wildwood</a> areas and was once linked to the <a href="/wiki/River_Sow" title="River Sow">River Sow</a> by the <a href="/wiki/River_Sow_Navigation" title="River Sow Navigation">River Sow Navigation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_public_services">Politics and public services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Politics and public services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Buildings,_Martin_Street,_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg/220px-County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg/330px-County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg/440px-County_Buildings%2C_Martin_Street%2C_Stafford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907048.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_County_Council" title="Staffordshire County Council">Staffordshire County Council</a> headquarters are in central Stafford. Most staff in the town work in the Staffordshire Place development, which opened in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shift of administrative staff to Staffordshire Place meant conversion of most offices into private homes,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the County Council still meets at <a href="/wiki/County_Buildings,_Stafford" title="County Buildings, Stafford">County Buildings</a> in Martin St.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For much of the 20th century the local <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">municipal council</a> was based at the <a href="/wiki/Borough_Hall,_Stafford" title="Borough Hall, Stafford">Borough Hall</a> in Eastgate Street.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following local government reorganisation in 1974, a modern Civic Centre was built for the enlarged <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stafford" title="Borough of Stafford">Stafford Borough Council</a> in Riverside and completed in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-Staffordshire_Past_Track_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Staffordshire_Past_Track-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town's main library, once in the Shire Hall, it has moved to the ground floor of 1 Staffordshire Place,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with smaller libraries in Rising Brook, Baswich and Holmcroft. The <a href="/wiki/William_Salt_Library" title="William Salt Library">William Salt Library</a> in the town centre has a large collection of printed books, pamphlets, manuscripts, drawings, watercolours and transcripts built up by <a href="/wiki/William_Salt" title="William Salt">William Salt</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_representation">National representation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: National representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford has its own <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">parliamentary constituency</a>, represented since 2024 by <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Ingham" title="Leigh Ingham">Leigh Ingham</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emergency_services">Emergency services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Emergency services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg/220px-Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg/330px-Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg/440px-Stafford_Hospital_Overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>Stafford Hospital</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/County_Hospital,_Stafford" title="County Hospital, Stafford">County Hospital</a> provides a range of non-specialist medical and surgical services. Its <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">accident and emergency</a> unit is the only such facility in the town. In March 2009, the hospital was involved in <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Hospital_scandal" title="Stafford Hospital scandal">a scandal</a> after the release of a <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_Commission" title="Healthcare Commission">Healthcare Commission</a> report that detailed severe failings.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St George's Hospital, part of the South Staffordshire and Shropshire Health Care Trust, is a combination of two historical hospitals: the Kingsmead (previously an elderly care facility) and <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Hospital,_Stafford" title="St George's Hospital, Stafford">St George's psychiatric hospital</a>. It provides mental health services, including a <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_intensive_care_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychiatric intensive care unit">psychiatric intensive care unit</a>, secure units, an <a href="/wiki/Eating_disorder" title="Eating disorder">eating disorder</a> unit, an EMI unit for the elderly and mentally frail, drug and alcohol addiction services, and open wards. There is an outpatient facility, where the town's <a href="/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous" title="Alcoholics Anonymous">Alcoholics Anonymous</a> also meets. Rowley Hall Hospital in Rowley Park is private and run by Ramsay Healthcare, but offers some NHS treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town receives primary health care from the South Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). </p><p>Policing is provided by <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Police" title="Staffordshire Police">Staffordshire Police</a>, headquartered in Weston Road. Its former headquarters in Cannock Road is giving way to a housing estate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> There is a town-centre police station in Eastgate St. <a href="/wiki/Fire_service_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire service in the United Kingdom">Statutory emergency fire and rescue service</a> is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service">Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service</a>, which has stations in Beaconside and Rising Brook. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Justice">Justice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG/220px-Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG/330px-Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG/440px-Stafford_Crown_Court.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Stafford Crown Court</figcaption></figure> <p>Stafford Crown Court and Stafford County Court share a building in the town centre. There was a magistrates' court in nearby South Walls, but it closed in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Stafford" title="Shire Hall, Stafford">Shire Hall</a>, completed in 1798, used to be a courthouse but is now an art gallery. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_(HM_Prison)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stafford (HM Prison)">Stafford Prison</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Prison_security_categories_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Prison security categories in the United Kingdom">Category C</a> men's <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a>, operated by <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Prison_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Prison Service">HM Prison Service</a>. It holds a number of vulnerable prisoners, mainly sex offenders. It was built on its current site in 1794 and has been in almost continuous use, except between 1916 and 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MOD_Stafford">MOD Stafford</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: MOD Stafford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/MOD_Stafford" title="MOD Stafford">MOD Stafford</a> is located on Beaconside. Originally RAF Stafford, the base was a non-flying <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> station. It was redesignated MOD Stafford in March 2006, an event marked by a fly-past and a flag-lowering ceremony. For many years, the site employed civilians and military personnel, but it was handed over by the Royal Air Force under the current policy of defence strategy and streamlining. A small Tactical Supply Wing (TSW) still operates from the base, which now houses two <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Signals</a> units and an <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a> contingent alongside Tactical Supply Wing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_schools">Primary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Primary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Anson CE (A) Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Barnfields Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Berkswich CE Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Blessed Mother Teresa RC Primary School (Formerly Bower Norris)<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brooklands Preparatory School<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Independent)</li> <li>Burton Manor Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Castlechurch Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Perry_Primary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooper Perry Primary School">Cooper Perry Primary School</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Flash Ley Community Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Wheeldon Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Leasowes Primary School (founded 2006)</li> <li>Oakridge Primary School (plus nursery)<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Parkside Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rowley Park Primary Academy (Formerly The Grove)</li> <li>Silkmore Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stafford Preparatory School<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Anne's RC Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Austin's RC Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Bede's Preparatory School (Independent)</li> <li>St John's CE Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Leonard's Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Patrick's Catholic Primary School<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>St Paul's Primary School</li> <li>Doxey Primary School</li> <li>Tillington Manor Primary School (formerly Holmcroft Primary School)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_schools">Secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blessed_William_Howard_Catholic_School" title="Blessed William Howard Catholic School">Blessed William Howard Catholic School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VI_High_School,_Stafford" title="King Edward VI High School, Stafford">King Edward VI High School</a> (Highfields)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Grammar_School" title="Stafford Grammar School">Stafford Grammar School</a>. Selective, independent school, Founded 1982.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Manor_High_School" title="Stafford Manor High School">Stafford Manor High School</a> (formerly Rising Brook High School and Stafford Sports College)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Graham_Balfour_School" title="Sir Graham Balfour School">Sir Graham Balfour School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walton_High_School,_Stafford" title="Walton High School, Stafford">Walton High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Road_Academy" title="Weston Road Academy">Weston Road Academy</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary_education">Tertiary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Tertiary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stafford_College" title="Stafford College">Stafford College</a> is a large <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">college</a> of <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a>. It also provides some <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> courses on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a>, focusing on computing and engineering. </p><p><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_College" title="South Staffordshire College">South Staffordshire College</a> has a base in the village of <a href="/wiki/Rodbaston" title="Rodbaston">Rodbaston</a> on the edge of Stafford. It is largely an agricultural college. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a> had a large campus in the east of the town which focused heavily on computing, engineering and media technologies (film, music and computer games). It also ran teacher-training courses. The university had two halls of residence opposite the campus, the smaller Yarlet with 51 rooms and the larger Stafford Court with 554 Rooms. Stafford Court was divided into 13 "houses" named after local villages. This part of the campus closed in 2016, with the majority of facilities relocating to its new campus in <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>. The University retains a significant presence at its Blackheath Lane campus to cater for Health related courses, such as Nursing and Paramedics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stafford is home to three <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> clubs; <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Rangers_F.C." title="Stafford Rangers F.C.">Stafford Rangers F.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brocton_F.C." title="Brocton F.C.">Brocton F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stafford_Town_F.C." title="Stafford Town F.C.">Stafford Town F.C.</a>, none of which play at a fully professional level. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stafford_v_mcc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Stafford_v_mcc.jpg/220px-Stafford_v_mcc.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Stafford_v_mcc.jpg/330px-Stafford_v_mcc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Stafford_v_mcc.jpg/440px-Stafford_v_mcc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>Stafford CC versus the MCC in their Centenary Year 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>The town has two <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> clubs,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though again they do not play at a high level. </p><p>There is a local hockey club<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with eight adult teams. </p><p>Stafford Post Office Rifle and Pistol Club is a Home Office approved rifle club founded in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a 25-yard indoor range attached to the Stafford Post Office Social Club. In addition to short-range indoor shooting facilities, the club has a number of outdoor ranges, including Kingsbury, Sennybridge and Thorpe, for larger-calibre long-range shooting. </p><p>Stafford Cricket and Hockey Club, an <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board" title="England and Wales Cricket Board">ECB</a> Clubmark Accredited Club founded in 1864, is almost certainly the town's oldest sports club. It appears to have played originally at the Lammascotes, before being offered a field at the Hough (Lichfield Road/GEC site) in 1899, which belonged to the grammar school. In 1984 the club made a move to Riverway in 1984, as the Hough came under the ownership of GEC. It currently owns 11 acres (4 ha) at Riverway and hosts numerous sports: two cricket pitches in summer and football, mini-football, rugby and hockey facilities in winter. In 1999 it won a £200,000 lottery grant towards a new pavilion completed in 2000, with six changing rooms and a function room. The cricket section welcomes players of all abilities.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four senior sides play on Saturdays. The first and second elevens play in the <a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_and_South_Cheshire_League" title="North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League">North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third and fourth elevens play in the Stone and District Cricket League.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a senior team that plays in the Lichfield Sunday League. The five junior sides are for under 9s, under 11s, under 13s, under 15s and under 17s. </p><p>In December 2018, a <a href="/wiki/Parkrun" title="Parkrun">parkrun</a> (free weekly timed 5k run/walk) was launched in Stafford on the Isabel Trail, a public foot/cycle path that follows part of the former course of the Stafford–Uttoxeter railway. The run/walk takes place on Saturday mornings at 09:00am, starting at the southern end of the Isabel Trail by Sainsbury's supermarket.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Staffordshire_knot">The Staffordshire knot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: The Staffordshire knot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig684.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig684.png" decoding="async" width="146" height="98" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="98" /></a><figcaption>Stafford Knot</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford knot</a></div> <p>The Stafford <a href="/wiki/Knot" title="Knot">knot</a>, sometimes Staffordshire knot, is a distinctive three-looped tie that is the traditional symbol of the county and county town, used on buildings, logos and coats of arms. It also gives its name to a pub.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable people from Stafford include the 17th-century author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Compleat_Angler" title="The Compleat Angler">The Compleat Angler</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Izaak_Walton" title="Izaak Walton">Izaak Walton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose cottage at nearby <a href="/wiki/Shallowford,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Shallowford, Staffordshire">Shallowford</a> is now an angling museum, and the 18th-century playwright <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan" title="Richard Brinsley Sheridan">Richard Brinsley Sheridan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was once the local <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>. The 1853 Lord <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> of London <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sidney" title="Thomas Sidney">Thomas Sidney</a> was also born in the town. </p><p>In the early 1900s, the village of <a href="/wiki/Great_Haywood" title="Great Haywood">Great Haywood</a> near Stafford became home to the famous <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></i> author <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a> and his wife, Edith, in her cottage in the village during the winter of 1916. Surrounding areas were said to have inspired some of his early works. </p><p>The Scottish poet, playwright and freelancer <a href="/wiki/Carol_Ann_Duffy" title="Carol Ann Duffy">Carol Ann Duffy</a>, though born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, grew up in Stafford and attended <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VI_High_School,_Stafford" title="King Edward VI High School, Stafford">Stafford Girls' High School</a>. Many of her poems describe experiences and places in Stafford. She was the <a href="/wiki/Poet_laureate" title="Poet laureate">Poet laureate</a> from 2009 to 2019, and now lives in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Baron_Stafford" title="Baron Stafford">Baron Stafford</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a title created several times in the <a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_England" title="Peerage of England">Peerage of England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A full schedule of over 30 of the eponymous title holders is listed at <a href="/wiki/Baron_Stafford" title="Baron Stafford">Baron Stafford</a>. Here just three are included. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_times">Early times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Early times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In birth order: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_de_Stafford,_1st_Earl_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford">Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford</a> (1301–1372),<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a notable soldier in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Stafford,_1st_Baron_Stafford" title="Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford">Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford</a> (1501–1563)<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1531 Stafford elected him recorder for the borough. He was later appointed JP for Staffordshire and <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord-Lieutenant_of_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire">Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire</a>. His descendants supported Catholic <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">missions</a> in the town, leading to the building of <a href="/wiki/St_Austin%27s_Church,_Stafford" title="St Austin's Church, Stafford">St Austin's Church</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Barnfield" title="Richard Barnfield">Richard Barnfield</a> (1574 in Norbury – 1620) poet,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had an obscure but close relationship with <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> that interests scholars.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Maxfield" title="Thomas Maxfield">Thomas Maxfield</a> (real name Macclesfield) (c. 1590–1616), Roman Catholic priest and a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929, was born in <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Stafford" title="HM Prison Stafford">Stafford gaol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_and_19th_centuries">18th and 19th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 18th and 19th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In birth order: </p> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pigot,_2nd_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet">Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet</a> (1720–1796 in Stafford), a British Army officer during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Congreve,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet">Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet</a> (1742 in Stafford – 1814), a British military officer who improved artillery strength through gunpowder experiments</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Oatley" title="James Oatley">James Oatley</a>, Sr. (c. 1769 in Stafford – 1839), an Australian watch and clock maker<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one-time convict. Oatley, aged 44, was sentenced to penal transportation for life for stealing shirts and bedding. He had an earlier conviction for stealing a ton of cheese.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Trubshaw" title="James Trubshaw">James Trubshaw</a> (1777 in Colwich – 1853) English builder, architect and civil engineer<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott_Knight" title="John Prescott Knight">John Prescott Knight</a> (1803 in Stafford – 1881) English portrait painter, Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Academy">Royal Academy</a> from 1848 until 1873<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Smith_(executioner)" title="George Smith (executioner)">George Smith</a> (1805–1874), known as <i>Throttler Smith</i>, was an English hangman at Stafford gaol from 1840 until 1872.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pye" title="Charles Pye">Charles Pye</a> (1820 in Stafford – 1876) sergeant-major, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Palmer_(murderer)" title="William Palmer (murderer)">William Palmer</a> (1824 in Rugeley – 1856 in Stafford Prison) an English doctor found guilty in 1855 of the murder by poisoning of his friend John Cook and executed by <a href="/wiki/George_Smith_(executioner)" title="George Smith (executioner)">George Smith</a> in public by hanging<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Broomhall" title="Benjamin Broomhall">Benjamin Broomhall</a> (1829 in Bradley – 1911) author and advocate of foreign missions, administrator of <a href="/wiki/China_Inland_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="China Inland Mission">China Inland Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Webb_(engineer)" title="Francis Webb (engineer)">Francis Webb</a> (1836 in Tixall – 1906) British engineer responsible for the design and manufacture of locomotives for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR)<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ilsley" title="Edward Ilsley">Edward Ilsley</a> (1838 in Stafford – 1926) prelate in the Roman Catholic Church, first <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Birmingham" title="Archbishop of Birmingham">Archbishop of Birmingham</a> (1888–1921)<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitaker_Wright" title="Whitaker Wright">Whitaker Wright</a> (1846 in Stafford – 1904) company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice" title="Royal Courts of Justice">Royal Courts of Justice</a> in London immediately after his conviction for fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Shears" title="Ernest Shears">Ernest Shears</a> (1849–1917 in Stafford), an Anglican clergyman in South Africa, retired to Stafford.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gordon_Bagnall" title="William Gordon Bagnall">William Gordon Bagnall</a> (1852–1907) British mechanical engineer, founded the locomotive manufacturing company of <a href="/wiki/W.G._Bagnall" class="mw-redirect" title="W.G. Bagnall">W.G. Bagnall</a> in 1875 which operated until taken over in 1962 by <a href="/wiki/English_Electric" title="English Electric">English Electric</a></li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Egerton_Bagot_Byrd_Levett-Scrivener" title="Egerton Bagot Byrd Levett-Scrivener">Egerton Bagot Byrd Levett-Scrivener</a> (1857 in Milford Hall – 1954) <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Flag_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Lieutenant">Flag Lieutenant</a> and aide to <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral">Vice Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Willes" title="George Willes">George Willes</a> in the Far East</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Hawkins" title="Alice Hawkins">Alice Hawkins</a> (1863 in Stafford – 1946) a leading English suffragette among the boot and shoe machinists of Leicester</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In birth order: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G._Godfrey_Phillips" title="G. Godfrey Phillips">G. Godfrey Phillips</a> (1900–1965) was the town clerk from 1932 to 1934. He then became secretary and later Commissioner General of the Shanghai Municipal Council.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moira_Forsyth" title="Moira Forsyth">Moira Forsyth</a> (1905–1991) stained-glass artist<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkner_Allison" title="Falkner Allison">Falkner Allison</a> (1907–1993) Anglican bishop successively of <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Chelmsford" title="Bishop of Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Winchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_John_Wise" title="Michael John Wise">Michael John Wise</a> (1918–2015) academic, professor of geography at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Worrall_Kent" title="Thomas Worrall Kent">Thomas Worrall Kent</a> (1922–2011) Canadian economist, journalist, editor, public servant, and industrialist; born in Stafford<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Buck" title="Sarah Buck">Sarah Buck</a> (born 1953) structural and civil engineer and business woman in engineering and construction, attended Stafford Girls High School.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fitzherbert,_15th_Baron_Stafford" title="Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford">Francis Melfort William Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford</a> (born 1954), landowner and peer, Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Kyte" title="Alun Kyte">Alun Kyte</a> (born 1964) double murderer, suspected of many other murders of <a href="/wiki/Prostitutes" class="mw-redirect" title="Prostitutes">prostitutes</a><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dilger" title="Mike Dilger">Mike Dilger</a> (born 1966) ecologist, ornithologist and TV presenter<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ive" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Ive">Jonathan Ive</a> (born 1967), <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> designer,<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> went to school at Stafford Walton High School and now resides in San Francisco, California.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Maybank" title="Hannah Maybank">Hannah Maybank</a> (born in Stafford 1974) artist<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> best known for the ripped and distressed surfaces of her three-dimensional paintings in acrylic.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Stone" title="Richard Stone">Richard Stone</a> (born 1976) business person<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded PR consultancy Stone Junction and lobbied for business to increase salaries during the 2022/3 economic crisis, and provide paid leave to vote.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music,_acting_and_writing"><span id="Music.2C_acting_and_writing"></span>Music, acting and writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Music, acting and writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Milnes" title="Rodney Milnes">Rodney Milnes</a> (1936–2015) music critic, translator and broadcaster, with an interest in opera<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Follows" title="Dave Follows">Dave Follows</a> (1941–2003), British cartoonist, lived in Stafford<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> best known for his comic strip <a href="/wiki/Creature_Feature_(comic_strip)" title="Creature Feature (comic strip)">Creature Feature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Fyffe" title="Patrick Fyffe">Patrick Fyffe</a> (1942–2002) creator of <a href="/wiki/Hinge_and_Bracket" title="Hinge and Bracket">Dame Hilda Bracket</a><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Haycock" title="Pete Haycock">Pete Haycock</a> (1951 in Stafford – 2013) musician, film score composer and founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Climax_Blues_Band" title="Climax Blues Band">Climax Blues Band</a><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Constantine" title="Storm Constantine">Storm Constantine</a> (1956–2021) British science fiction and fantasy author primarily known for her <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wraeththu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wraeththu (page does not exist)">Wraeththu</a> series<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Curry_(television_presenter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Curry (television presenter)">Mark Curry</a> (born in Stafford 1961) actor and television and radio presenter<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Morrissey" title="Neil Morrissey">Neil Morrissey</a> (born in Stafford 1962) actor, star of <a href="/wiki/Men_Behaving_Badly" title="Men Behaving Badly">Men Behaving Badly</a><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climax_Blues_Band" title="Climax Blues Band">Climax Blues Band</a> formed in 1968, a popular Stafford blues band which later achieved international record success<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Mafham" title="Dominic Mafham">Dominic Mafham</a> (born 1968), actor born in Stafford<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medicine_Head" title="Medicine Head">Medicine Head</a> 1970s hit duo, hailed from nearby <a href="/wiki/Tixall" title="Tixall">Tixall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gorman" title="Dave Gorman">Dave Gorman</a> (born 1971) comedian, author and television presenter<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Botwood" title="Duncan Botwood">Duncan Botwood</a> (born 1972 in Stafford) video game designer and voice actor<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Healy_(musician)" title="Fran Healy (musician)">Fran Healy</a> (born in Stafford 1973) singer <sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Travis_(band)" title="Travis (band)">Travis</a> moved to Scotland when very young.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieron_Gillen" title="Kieron Gillen">Kieron Gillen</a>, (born 1975) British computer games and music journalist and comic book author. He went to Blessed William Howard Catholic High School.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Vaughan_(actor)" title="Tom Vaughan (actor)">Tom Vaughan</a> (born in Stafford 1985) television actor, played the part of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hollyoaks_characters_(2007)#Spike" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Hollyoaks characters (2007)">Spike</a> in Channel 4 series <a href="/wiki/Hollyoaks" title="Hollyoaks">Hollyoaks</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Inc" title="Bizarre Inc">Bizarre Inc</a>, rave act formed in 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altern-8" title="Altern-8">Altern-8</a>, rave act formed in Stafford in 1990<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicken_Lips" title="Chicken Lips">Chicken Lips</a>, dance music band, production team formed in 1999, successor to <a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Inc" title="Bizarre Inc">Bizarre Inc</a><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Chell" title="Anna Chell">Anna Chell</a> (born 1994), English actress who has starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(TV_series)" title="Casualty (TV series)">Casualty</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_2">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Baker_(footballer)" title="Charles Baker (footballer)">Charles Baker</a> (1867–1924) played in the Football League for <a href="/wiki/Stoke_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke F.C.">Stoke F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Twigg" title="Walter Twigg">Walter Twigg</a> (1883 in Weeping Cross – 1963) field hockey player and cricketer<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Hutsby" title="Harry Hutsby">Harry Hutsby</a> (1886 in Stafford – 1971) joined <a href="/wiki/Stoke_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke F.C.">Stoke F.C.</a> in 1908 from local side Stafford Wednesday</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Aston" title="Bill Aston">Bill Aston</a> (1900 in Hopton – 1974) racing driver,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> participated in three World Championship Grands Prix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hulme" title="Joe Hulme">Joe Hulme</a> (1904–1991) English footballer and cricketer, played 333 times for <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal F.C.</a> and 225 times for Middlesex as an aggressive middle-order batsman and medium-fast bowler.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Robins" title="Walter Robins">Walter Robins</a> (1906–1968) cricketer and footballer. He was one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Little_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Little (footballer)">Brian Little</a> (born 1953) former <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa" class="mw-redirect" title="Aston Villa">Aston Villa</a> player and manager lives in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Callaghan" title="Nigel Callaghan">Nigel Callaghan</a> (born 1962) professional footballer with <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a>, lives and <a href="/wiki/DJ" class="mw-redirect" title="DJ">DJs</a> in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Fell_(cricketer)" title="David Fell (cricketer)">David Fell</a> (born 1964), cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Robinson_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Phil Robinson (footballer, born 1967)">Phil Robinson</a> (born 1967) Recruitment Manager at Manchester City, former footballer, with 567 pro appearances mainly for Notts County, Huddersfield Town, Stoke City, Hereford United and Stafford Rangers.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Birchall" title="Chris Birchall">Chris Birchall</a> (born 1984), footballer, scored 21 goals in 322 appearances in a 16-year professional career, and scored four goals in 43 international matches,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Paget" title="Christopher Paget">Christopher Paget</a> (born 1987), right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler, plays for Derbyshire.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Leach" title="Joe Leach">Joe Leach</a> (born 1990) cricketer, is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium for Worcestershire, as a first-team regular in 2015 and county captain in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Leach_(cricketer)" title="Steve Leach (cricketer)">Steve Leach</a> (born 1993), cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Yelloly" title="Nick Yelloly">Nick Yelloly</a> (born 1990 in Stafford) auto racing driver<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Wilkins" title="Emma Wilkins">Emma Wilkins</a> (born 1991) sprint freestyle swimmer, born in Stafford</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Gibbs-White" title="Morgan Gibbs-White">Morgan Gibbs-White</a> (born 2000 in Stafford) English footballer, midfielder for <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest F.C.</a>, went to Sir Graham Balfour.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Stanford_(MP)" title="Richard Stanford (MP)">Richard Stanford</a> (1382–1402) politician, MP for Stafford in May 1382, 1386, September 1388, 1391, 1399 and 1402<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cradock_(MP_died_1636)" title="Matthew Cradock (MP died 1636)">Matthew Cradock</a> (1584–1636) wool merchant, elected MP for Stafford in 1621, re-elected in 1624, 1625 and 1628. He sat until 1629, when King Charles dispensed with Parliament for eleven years.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Leigh_(writer)" title="Edward Leigh (writer)">Sir Edward Leigh</a> (1602–1671) an English lay writer on religious topics and MP for Stafford 1645 to 1648.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinfen" title="John Swinfen">John Swinfen</a> (1613–1694 in Weeford) politician, elected MP for Stafford in 1660 in the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(England)" title="Convention Parliament (England)">Convention Parliament</a><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Campbell" title="John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell">John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell</a> (1779–1861) Liberal MP for Stafford in 1830 & 1831, lawyer and man of letters.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Walter_Essex" title="Walter Essex">Walter Essex</a> (1857–1941) businessman and Liberal Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1910 to 1918<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Shaw,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Shaw, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Shaw, 1st Baronet</a> (1859 in Wolverhampton – 1942) Liberal Party politician,<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1892 to 1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ormsby-Gore,_4th_Baron_Harlech" title="William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech">William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech</a> (1885–1964) Conservative politician and banker,<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1918 until he entered the House of Lords on succeeding to his father's peerage in 1938.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Thorneycroft" title="Peter Thorneycroft">Peter Thorneycroft</a>, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–1994) Conservative Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1938 to 1945 and <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a> between 1957 and 1958<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Swingler" title="Stephen Swingler">Stephen Swingler</a> (1915–1969) Labour Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1945 to 1950, and for <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)">Newcastle under Lyme</a> from 1951 to 1969<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Fraser_(British_politician)" title="Hugh Fraser (British politician)">Hugh Fraser</a> (1918–1984) Conservative politician, first husband of <a href="/wiki/Lady_Antonia_Fraser" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Antonia Fraser">Lady Antonia Fraser</a> and MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1945 until 1984<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cash" title="Bill Cash">Sir William Nigel Paul Cash</a> (born 1940), known as <i>Bill Cash</i>, Conservative politician and MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1984 to 1997<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kidney" title="David Kidney">David Kidney</a> (born 1955) Labour Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 1997 to 2010<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a> MP (born 1957 in Stafford) Conservative Party politician; the son and grandson of coal miners<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Lefroy" title="Jeremy Lefroy">Jeremy Lefroy</a> (born 1959) Conservative Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a> from 2010 to 2019<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature_reserves">Nature reserves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Nature reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These nature reserves are in Stafford: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astonfields_Balancing_Lakes" title="Astonfields Balancing Lakes">Astonfields Balancing Lakes</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Local_nature_reserve" title="Local nature reserve">local nature reserve</a>, are two lakes constructed in recent decades for flood protection, a mile north of the town centre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doxey_Marshes" title="Doxey Marshes">Doxey Marshes</a>, managed by the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Wildlife_Trust" title="Staffordshire Wildlife Trust">Staffordshire Wildlife Trust</a>, is a wet grassland habitat two miles northwest of the town centre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsmead_Marsh" title="Kingsmead Marsh">Kingsmead Marsh</a>, a local nature reserve, is a remnant of marshland near the town centre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radford_Meadows" title="Radford Meadows">Radford Meadows</a>, managed by the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, is a floodplain two miles south of the town centre</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nearby_places">Nearby places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Nearby places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brewood" title="Brewood">Brewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannock" title="Cannock">Cannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase" title="Cannock Chase">Cannock Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creswell,_Staffordshire" title="Creswell, Staffordshire">Creswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eccleshall" title="Eccleshall">Eccleshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Haywood" title="Great Haywood">Great Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Hayes_and_Wimblebury" title="Heath Hayes and Wimblebury">Heath Hayes and Wimblebury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hednesford" title="Hednesford">Hednesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hixon,_Staffordshire" title="Hixon, Staffordshire">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Haywood" title="Little Haywood">Little Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Shropshire" title="Newport, Shropshire">Newport, Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penkridge" title="Penkridge">Penkridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley">Rugeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shugborough_Hall" title="Shugborough Hall">Shugborough Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Trentham Gardens">Trentham Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg/220px-Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg/330px-Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg/440px-Welcome_to_Stafford_Eccleshall_Road_April_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Town Twinning Sign on Eccleshall Road</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom">List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>Stafford is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belfort" title="Belfort">Belfort</a>, France <sup id="cite_ref-Belfort_twinnings_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belfort_twinnings-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreieich" title="Dreieich">Dreieich</a>, Germany <sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skar%C5%BCysko-Kamienna" title="Skarżysko-Kamienna">Skarżysko-Kamienna</a>, Poland <sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford, Virginia</a>, United States <sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a>, Spain <sup id="cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1990 Stafford rail crash">1990 Stafford rail crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1996 Stafford rail crash">1996 Stafford rail crash</a> at Rickerscote</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_(HM_Prison)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stafford (HM Prison)">HMP Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etymological_list_of_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom">Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stafford_(Central_Area)" title="Listed buildings in Stafford (Central Area)">Listed buildings in Stafford (Central Area)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stafford_(Outer_Area)" title="Listed buildings in Stafford (Outer Area)">Listed buildings in Stafford (Outer Area)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_power_station" title="Stafford power station">Stafford power station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffort" title="Staffort">Staffort</a> (Village in Germany)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Cambridge University Press. p. 396.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Leigh%2C+Edward&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=396&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/swinfen-%28swynfen%29-john-1613-94">The History of Parliament Trust, SWINFEN (SWYNFEN), John (1613–1694), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171222110512/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/swinfen-%28swynfen%29-john-1613-94">Archived</a> 22 December 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved December 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Campbell, John Campbell, Baron"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Campbell,_John_Campbell,_Baron">"Campbell, John Campbell, Baron" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–130.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Campbell%2C+John+Campbell%2C+Baron&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=128-130&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-141"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-141">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-richard-essex/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Richard Essex</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180130085524/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-richard-essex/">Archived</a> 30 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-theodore-shaw/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Theodore Shaw</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004729/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-theodore-shaw/">Archived</a> 29 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-143"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-143">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-ormsby-gore-2/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr William Ormsby-Gore</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180108183438/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-william-ormsby-gore-2/">Archived</a> 8 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-144"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-peter-thorneycroft/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Peter Thorneycroft</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171231040100/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-peter-thorneycroft/">Archived</a> 31 December 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-145"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-145">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stephen-swingler/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Stephen Swingler</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180108100635/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-stephen-swingler/">Archived</a> 8 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-146">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hugh-fraser/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Hugh Fraser</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171229140918/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-hugh-fraser/">Archived</a> 29 December 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-147">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bill-cash/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr Bill Cash</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170701233923/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-bill-cash/">Archived</a> 1 July 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-148">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-kidney/index.html">Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Mr David Kidney</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004738/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-david-kidney/">Archived</a> 29 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10397/patrick_mcloughlin/derbyshire_dales">TheyWorkForYou website, Patrick McLoughlin, MP, Derbyshire Dales</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140415/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10397/patrick_mcloughlin/derbyshire_dales">Archived</a> 29 January 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24760/jeremy_lefroy/stafford">TheyWorkForYou website, Jeremy Lefroy, MP, Stafford</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180220161259/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24760/jeremy_lefroy/stafford">Archived</a> 20 February 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 27 January 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Belfort_twinnings-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Belfort_twinnings_151-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235242/http://www.mairie-belfort.com/mairie/mairiejumelages.html">"Belfort – Les Relations Internationales"</a> [Belfort – International Relations]. <i>Belfort Mairie</i> (in French). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mairie-belfort.com/mairie/mairiejumelages.html">the original</a> on 20 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Belfort+Mairie&rft.atitle=Belfort+%E2%80%93+Les+Relations+Internationales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mairie-belfort.com%2Fmairie%2Fmairiejumelages.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stafford_Borough_Council_Town_Twinning_152-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/town-twinning">"Town Twinning"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191149/http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/town-twinning">Archived</a> from the original on 3 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Town+Twinning&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.staffordbc.gov.uk%2Ftown-twinning&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>11th century and earlier: <i>Staffordshire Newsletter 1994 Guide</i> is good.</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreensladeJohnsonCurrie1982" class="citation book cs1">Greenslade, M.W.; Johnson, D.A.; Currie, C.R.J. (1982). <i>A History of Stafford</i>. Staffordshire County Council. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9500812-8-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9500812-8-0"><bdi>0-9500812-8-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Stafford&rft.pub=Staffordshire+County+Council&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=0-9500812-8-0&rft.aulast=Greenslade&rft.aufirst=M.W.&rft.au=Johnson%2C+D.A.&rft.au=Currie%2C+C.R.J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiddlefell2000" class="citation book cs1">Middlefell, Alfred (1 January 2000). <i>The Ancient Town of Stafford from the 8th to the 20th Century</i>. privately published.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ancient+Town+of+Stafford+from+the+8th+to+the+20th+Century&rft.pub=privately+published&rft.date=2000-01-01&rft.aulast=Middlefell&rft.aufirst=Alfred&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStafford" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stafford&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> has media related to:<br /> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stafford" class="extiw" title="commons:Stafford"><span style="font-style:italic; 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