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#REDIRECT [[Federation of Stoke-on-Trent]] |
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{{for|the former parliamentary constituency|North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)}} |
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[[File:North Staffordshire UK locator map.svg|thumb|Map of the authorities making up North Staffordshire, within Staffordshire.]] |
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'''North Staffordshire''' is an area of [[England]], consisting of the [[Burntwood]], [[Lichfield]], [[Norton Canes]], [[Cannock]] and [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]] local authority areas. As of 2001 it had a population of 457,155.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/statistics/north-staffordshire-profile/ |
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== Industries == |
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Principal North Staffordshire industries of the 20<sup>th</sup> century were "the potteries", the ceramics industry, clay extraction, [[coal mining]] and steel production. The potteries is the name given to the area's centuries-old international centre of ceramic innovation and artistic excellence. Pottery manufacturers and decorators from the area include [[Royal Doulton]], [[Wedgwood]], Portmerrion, Wade and the [[Johnson Brothers]] based in the central towns in the north of the county, particularly along the [[River Trent]]. The year 2002 marked the end of coal mining and steel production. |
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Ceramics production at its height employed 70,000 people in around 200 firms; at 2011 thirty medium-to-large firms remain in the area. Major employment sectors are distribution, leisure, online services, [[higher education]], [[healthcare]], engineering, construction, automotive repair/trade and a diminished ceramics sector. |
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== Transport == |
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===Canals=== |
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Transport for the area during the 18<sup>th</sup> century onset of the [[British Industrial Revolution]] was based on local canals: the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] connects the Mersey on the north-west coast with the longer River Trent which discharges into the [[Humber estuary]] upstream of the city of [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on the north-east coast of England. The restored canals are primarily used for fishing and as green leisure routes carrying around 10,000 narrowboat pleasure trips each year, interlinked to the [[Grand Union Canal]] and other major canals and canalised rivers in England. |
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===Railways=== |
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Railways arrived in the 1850s and dual or quadruple-tracks serve major stations in the area with frequent intercity trains from major stop Stoke-on-Trent to/from: |
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*London |
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*Birmingham |
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*Birmingham International Airport |
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*Manchester |
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Uttoxeter is on a direct west-north-west axis line between [[Stoke-on-Trent]] and [[Derby]] following the [[River Dove, Central England|Dove]]. The main heritage, [[steam locomotive]] railway in the area is the [[Churnet Valley Railway]] in the hills around [[Leek, Staffordshire]]. |
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===Roads=== |
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North Staffordshire is bisected by the [[M6 motorway]] and the [[A50 road (Great Britain)|A50]] trunk road connecting [[East Midlands Airport]] to the east, [[Manchester]] and north-western cities to the North, and Birmingham to the south. |
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The area was formerly served by the Roman road to [[Chester]] from the area's Roman former bastion of [[Uttoxeter]]. |
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== Education == |
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The region is home to two universities, [[Keele University]] and [[Staffordshire University]] at Stoke-on-Trent, and also the major [[University Hospital of North Staffordshire]]. |
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== References == |
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Bloxwich, Pelsall & Brownhills were orignally classes as North Staffordshire but were archived in 2004. They now take place in Walsall. |
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{{uncat|date=December 2017}} |
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