Stafford

Stafford

Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles north of Wolverhampton and 24 miles north-west of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021 census, and is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Stafford, which had a population of 136,837 in 2021. Stafford has Anglo-Saxon roots, being founded in 913, when Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, founded a defensive burh; 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.

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• Entity:  Location

• Wikidata description:  County Town Of Staffordshire In The West Midlands, England
• Wikidata label:  Stafford
• Wikidata aliases:  Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire

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