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There are two universities, Keele University, situated a few miles outside of Newcastle under Lyme and Staffordshire University with its main campus site in Stafford.


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Keele University A346367 began life in the 1950's and is situated a few miles out of Newcastle under Lyme.

Staffordshire University has its main campus in Stafford and another, the Stoke Campus close to Stoke Station in Stoke on Trent.

>Rugeley, on the edge of Cannock Chase is another market town, mostly dominated by the cooling towers of Rugeley Power Station.


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Rugeley, on the edge of Cannock Chase, is another market town. Its skyline is dominated by the huge cooling towers of Rugeley Power Station.

>>Biddulph was originally a small mining town near to the Cheshire border and is now proud of its floral displays.

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Biddulph is a Moorland town, close to the Cheshire border. It was originally a mining town but is now proud of its floral displays.


(the original sentence made me think that Biddulph had moved location)

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Part of the Peak District is in the Staffordshire Moorlands, and is an area of wild rugged beauty with many dales and of course ‘Peaks’ It was the first of Britain’s National Parks and has many places of interest and history.

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Dovedale A1104418 is particularly well-loved.

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A416305 edited guide entry for Peak district

I might not reply much today, as have family here for Easter

thanks muchly

I will do this this PM

Found this Entry while ing

I notice that no mention has tet been made of Wolverhampton:

Industry: iron and steel castings, boilers, tubes. machine tools, power plant, vehicles.

St Peter's Church, founded 994 by Wulfruna - sister of King Edgar.

Free Grammar School - founded 1512

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC...

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Also, surprised that you haven't mentioned that the county is crossed by Watling Street, Bob

Can't recall if you mentioned that the two chief industrial areas are The Potteries and the Black Country.

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... Lichfield Cathedral.

Hi BigAl (how're you doing?)

Wolverhampton I'm afraid to tell you is not in Staffordshire, (West Midlands I think - as is the Black Country)

We're not including the Potteries, as since a long while back it has not been part of the county of Staffordshire, now the City of Stoke on Trent.

We have included Lichfield though.

I pass on Watling Street (?)

The article still needs a final spit and polish, then hopefully off to the bear pit known as Peer Review.

Lanza

Hmm. W'Hampton must've been pulled out of Staffs when they re-organised the counties .

Pity, the address 'Wolverhampton, Staffs' just rolls off the tongue.

Well, all the websites list it as 'Wolverhampton, Staffs, including this one:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-24893360.html

... and this is what wiki says about the 'Black Country', so I think it deserves a mention, if only in passing:

'The Black Country lies wholly within the West Midlands County, but was formerly divided between the ancient counties of Staffordshire and Worcestershire'.

A

Hmm I see what you mean and can understand the confusion

Brewood, pronounced 'Brood' is in South Staffordshire, the little bit that hangs down like a tag.

Post codes are districts according to where the nearest major sorting office is, probably in this instance Wolverhampton, they don't bear any relation to the Geographical county. There's a lot of controversy around this, as people don't take kindly to having their address as something other than where they live.

eg I used to live in a village in South Cheshire and my address had Stoke on Trent in the title.

I could write an article of the vaguaries of the post code lottery?

Estate agents like to draw boundaries according to how they market property, don't get me started on Estate Agents They can be quite 'fanciful' when it comes to describing locations

There's also this:

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=769

Well, this site is helpful.

http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/wolverha.htm

It says 'formerly in Staffordshire'.
But from the plethora of other sites, it seems that most people in W'Hampton would prefer to be in Staffordshire.

I think you should mention it

In fact, even that site is a bit schizophrenic.

It says:

'Staffordshire town, 16 miles S of Stafford.'

and then...


'Large Black Country town, originally in Staffordshire'

Hi Big Al

I think that w*k* piece leaves a lot to be desired. How about this better researched article?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2005/03/15/where_is_the_black_country_feature.shtml

(perhaps I should point out that I was born and bred in Staffordshire)

Lots of people would prefer to be in Staffordshire!


Perhaps we could have a footnote?

'..perhaps I should point out that I was born and bred in Staffordshire'

Well, the reaon I was so convinced that Wolverhampton is in Staffs is that my older brother used to live there and I used to write to him frequently. His address always ended 'Wolverhampton, Staffs'.

As I say, it must've been shifted out with local government reorganisations, but I think it should at least be mentioned - if only to clear up confusions