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About Stafford
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire
in England. It lies in the north of the West Midlands
region, between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent.
The population of Stafford town in 2001 was 60,049.
The surrounding borough of Stafford has a population
of about 120,000. Stafford means ford by a landing
place. The town's location was the only feasible place
for a large army to cross the river Trent, and so
was strategically important in the wider region. The
original settlement was on an island in the middle
of the marshes of the river Sow, a tributary of the
Trent. There is still a large area of marshland adjacent
to the town centre, which in both 1947 and 2000 saw
floods. In the year 913 Stafford was fortified by
Ethelfleda, Lady of Mercia and daughter of Alfred
the Great, becoming the new capital of Mercia (the
previous capital having been in or near Stone). Queen
Ethelfleda ruled Mercia from Stafford for five years
as Queen of Mercia, after the death of her father
and husband - at around this time the county of Staffordshire
was first formed. King Alfred's son Edward, with the
crucial aid of Ethelfleda, finally conquered and christianised
the Danes who had settled in the east of England.
Stafford Castle was built by the Normans on a nearby
hilltop in 1070, four years after the invasion of
1066. It was first made of wood, and later rebuilt
of stone. It has been rebuilt twice since, but now
only 19th century ruins remain atop the impressive
earthworks. Night-time illuminations create a landmark
for motorists on the M6 motorway and train travellers
on the West Coast Main Line. Buildings and the town
centre The oldest building in Stafford is St Chad's
(http://www2.staffordshire.gov.uk/stchads/) church.
Opened in 1908, Victoria Park is a 13 acre (53,000
m²) Edwardian riverside park with an open-air
paddling pool. In the main shopping street, Greengate
Street, lies the Elizabethan Ancient High House, the
largest timber-framed town house in England. Greengate
Street is also the street with the most pubs in it.
The town centre contains the usual chain shops and
eating-places, of the sort found everywhere in England.
The Apollo Cinema shows the usual big-budget films.
People - Famous people from Stafford include the 17th
century author of The Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton,
and the 18th century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
who was also the local MP. Also, the 1853 Lord Mayor
of London, Thomas Sidney, was born in the town. In
the early 1900s, the village of Great Haywood near
Stafford was home to the wife of famous Lord of the
Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. He stayed with his
wife, Edith, in her cottage in the village during
the winter of 1916, and the surrounding areas were
said to be an inspiration for his early works. More
recently Stafford was the birthplace of Men Behaving
Badly star Neil Morrissey and Freya Copeland of the
soap Emmerdale and where stand-up comedian Dave Gorman
was brought up. Author Storm Constantine is a long-time
resident. Ozzy Osbourne lived nearby.
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