Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2JH

Date of visit: 27th Sept 2020

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) north of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent and 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Birmingham. The town population in 2011 was 68,472 and that of the wider borough of Stafford was 122,000, making it the third largest in the county after Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Stafford means “ford” by a staithe (landing place). The original settlement was on a dry sand and gravel peninsula that offered a strategic crossing point in the marshy valley of the River Sow, a tributary of the River Trent.

Stafford is thought to have been founded about AD 700 by a Mercian prince called Bertelin, who, legend has it, founded a hermitage on a peninsula named Betheney.

Internal ref number: SF/127/136, 137, 138 & 139

Date of Visit: 27th Sep 2020

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: 4 x B
Crown: St Edward & 3 x Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Phone
Phone Number (if known): 01785 226345

Northing & Westing: 52°48’26.9″N, 2°07’02.6″W
what3words: burst.runs.spin
Grid Reference: SJ 92184 23331
OS X & Y: 323331, 392184
Latitude & Longitude: 52.807474, -2.117394
UK Postcode: ST16 2JH
County: Staffordshire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1212439 26/10/1987