Staffordshire

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County of west central England (from April 1997 Stoke-on-Trent has been a separate unitary authority).

Area
2,720 sq km/1,050 sq mi

Towns
Stafford (administrative headquarters), Newcastle-under-Lyme, Lichfield, Tamworth, Leek, Uttoxeter

Physical
largely flat, with hilly regions in the north (part of the Peak district) and southwest; River Trent and its tributaries (the Churnet, Dove, Penk, Sow, and Tame); Cannock Chase (a large open area in the middle of the county)

Features
ruined castles at Chartley (1220), Tamworth (1180), and Tutbury (1270); Lichfield Cathedral (1195); Keele University (1962); Shugborough Hall (17th century), seat of the earls of Lichfield; Staffordshire bull terriers

Agriculture
dairy farming

Industries
breweries; china and earthenware in the Potteries and the upper Trent basin; tractors and agricultural equipment; tyres; electrical engineering; electronics

Population
(2001) 806,750

Famous people
Arnold Bennett (novelist), Clarice Cliff (potter), David Garrick (actor), John Jervis (admiral), Samuel Johnson (lexicographer and writer), Robert Peel (politician), Josiah Wedgwood (potter)

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