A county of England, bounded by, Shropshire Cheshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. It is in length about 54 miles, and varies in breadth from 18 to 36. It is divided into 5 hundreds, which contain 1 city, 21 towns, 181 parishes, and 670 villages. The principal rivers are the Trent, Dove, Sow, Churnet, Stour, Penk, and Manifold. The air is reckoned pleasant, mild, and wholesome. The middle and southern parts are level and plain, and the soil is good and rich; the north is hilly, and full of heaths and moors. Staffordshire is famous for its potteries, its inland navigations, and its founderies, blast furnaces, slitting mills, and various other branches of the iron trade. The mines of coals, copper, lead, and iron ore are rich and extensive; and there are also numerous quarries of stone, alabaster, and limestone. Stafford is the county town. Population, 510,504. It sends 17 members to parliament."
[Barclays Complete & Universal English Dictionary, 1842-1852]
Staffordshire,
England Census Records
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Staffordshire,
England: Parish and Probate Records
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A
history of Bilston, in the county of Stafford : a record of
its archaeology, ecclesiology, parochialia,
A history of Bilston, in the county of Stafford : a record
of its archaeology, ecclesiology, parochialia, folk lore,
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Staffordshire
Sentinel (Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England)
This database contains searchable images for a variety of
years of the newspaper Staffordshire Sentinel (Stoke-on-trent,
Staffordshire, England).
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A
history of Walsall : and its neighbourhood
A history of Walsall : and its neighbourhood
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A
history of the parish of Tettenhall : in the county of Stafford
A history of the parish of Tettenhall : in the county of Stafford
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Evening
Sentinel (Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England)
This database contains searchable images for a variety of
years of the newspaper Evening Sentinel (Stoke-on-trent,
Staffordshire, England).
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Three
hundred years of a family living : being a history of the
Rilands of Sutton Coldfield
Three hundred years of a family living : being a history of
the Rilands of Sutton Coldfield
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