Staffordshire
Staffordshire er et amt (county) i den engelske region West Midlands. Staffordshire grænser op til Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, og Shropshire. Den største by i Staffordshire er Stoke-on-Trent.
I 2009 fandt en amatørarkæolog en stor skat på en mark nær Lichfield i det sydlige Staffordshire. Skatten bestod af angelsaksiske guld- og sølvgenstande[1]
Byer
[redigér | rediger kildetekst]| Rang | Navn | Distrikt | Indbyggertal[2][3][4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2011 | |||
| 1 | Stoke-on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent | 240,636 | 249,008 |
| 2 | Tamworth | Tamworth | 75,800 | 76,813 |
| 3 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 73,944 | 75,082 |
| 4 | Burton-upon-Trent | East Staffordshire | 64,449 | 72,299 |
| 5 | Stafford | Stafford | 55,700 | 68,472 |
| 6 | Lichfield | Lichfield | 30,050 | 32,877 |
| 7 | Cannock | Cannock Chase | 28,435 | 29,018 |
| 8 | Burntwood | Lichfield | 25,674 | 28,553 |
| 9 | Kidsgrove | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 24,112 | 26,293 |
| 10 | Rugeley | Cannock Chase | 22,724 | 24,033 |
| 11 | Leek | Staffordshire Moorlands | 18,678 | 19,624 |
| 12 | Biddulph | Staffordshire Moorlands | 17,241 | 17,669 |
| 13 | Hednesford | Cannock Chase | 16,961 | 17,343 |
| 14 | Stone | Stafford | 14,258 | 16,385 |
| 15 | Wombourne | South Staffordshire | 13,691 | 13,511 |
| 16 | Uttoxeter | East Staffordshire | 13,309 | 13,089 |
| 17 | Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | Cannock Chase | 12,176 | 14,085 |
| 18 | Cheadle | Staffordshire Moorlands | 12,158 | 11,404 |
| 19 | Great Wyrley | South Staffordshire | 11,236 | 11,060 |
| 20 | Perton | South Staffordshire | 11,118 | 10,686 |
| 21 | Penkridge | South Staffordshire | 7,000 | 7,791 |
| 22 | Codsall | South Staffordshire | 7,496 | 7,582 |
| 23 | Norton Canes | Cannock Chase | 6.394 | 7,479 |
| 24 | Eccleshall | Stafford | 6,312 | 6,657 |
| 25 | Bilbrook | South Staffordshire | 4,569 | 4,913 |
| 26 | Kinver | South Staffordshire | 4,607 | 4,723 |
| 27 | Armitage | Lichfield | 4,675 | 4,650 |
Seværdigheder
[redigér | rediger kildetekst]- Alton Towers
- Ancient High House
- Apedale Community Country Park
- Biddulph Grange
- Blithfield Hall
- Blithfield Reservoir
- Brindley Water Mill
- Broad Eye Windmill
- Cannock Chase
- Chasewater Railway
- Cheddleton Flint Mill
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Croxden Abbey
- Dovedale
- Downs Banks
- Drayton Manor Theme Park
- Eccleshall Castle
- Erasmus Darwin House
- Ford Green Hall
- Foxfield Steam Railway
- Gladstone Pottery Museum
- Hanley Park
- Heart of England Way
- Moseley Railway Trust (Apedale)
- Ilam Park
- Izaak Walton's Cottage
- Manifold Way following the route of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
- National Brewery Centre
- Lichfield Cathedral
- Madeley Old Hall
- Monkey Forest at Trentham Gardens
- Moseley Old Hall
- Mow Cop Castle
- Middleport Pottery
- National Memorial Arboretum
- Peak District National Park
- Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
- Pennine Way
- RSPB Coombes Valley
- Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
- Sandon Hall
- Shugborough Estate
- Stafford Parish Church
- Stafford Castle
- Staffordshire Regiment Museum
- Staffordshire Way
- Stoke Minster
- The Roaches
- Tamworth Castle
- Trentham Gardens
- Tutbury Castle
- Victoria Park, Stafford
- Wall Roman Site
- Wedgwood Museum
- Weston Park
- Whitmore Hall
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Referencer
[redigér | rediger kildetekst]- ^ Hobbyarkæolog bag Englands største guldfund Arkiveret 12. januar 2012 hos Wayback Machine – kpn.dk
- ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. 2008-04-14. Hentet 1. december 2016.
- ^ "Staffordshire (County, West Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Hentet 1. december 2016.
- ^ "Stoke-on-Trent (Unitary District, West Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Hentet 1. december 2016.
