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Stafford is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 with borough status
Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the Borough Council or inhabitants of the district....
 in Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
 in England. It is named after and includes the town of Stafford
Stafford

Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. It lies in the north of the West Midlands , between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider Stafford as 124,531....
. It also includes the smaller town of Stone
Stone, Staffordshire

Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
 and numerous villages.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, as a merger of the municipal borough
Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002....
 of Stafford, Stone urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
, Stafford Rural District
Stafford Rural District

Stafford Rural District was a rural district in the county of Staffordshire. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972....
 and Stone Rural District
Stone Rural District

Stone Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire, England. It was created in 1894 and abolished by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974....
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Stafford is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 with borough status
Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the Borough Council or inhabitants of the district....
 in Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
 in England. It is named after and includes the town of Stafford
Stafford

Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. It lies in the north of the West Midlands , between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider Stafford as 124,531....
. It also includes the smaller town of Stone
Stone, Staffordshire

Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
 and numerous villages.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, as a merger of the municipal borough
Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002....
 of Stafford, Stone urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
, Stafford Rural District
Stafford Rural District

Stafford Rural District was a rural district in the county of Staffordshire. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972....
 and Stone Rural District
Stone Rural District

Stone Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire, England. It was created in 1894 and abolished by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974....
.

Settlements and parishes
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 of Stafford


  • Adbaston
    Adbaston

    Adbaston is a small village in the Stafford , Staffordshire, England. It is situated approximately halfway between town of Eccleshall and Newport, Shropshire, and near the villages and hamlets of Woodseaves, Cheswardine, High Offley and Knighton, Stafford, Staffordshire....
  • Barlaston
    Barlaston

    Barlaston is a village and civil parish in the Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone, Staffordshire....
    , Berkswich
    Berkswich

    Berkswich is a civil parish in the Stafford in Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1528. Berkswich should not be mistaken for Baswich, which is included in the parish, along with Weeping Cross, Wildwood, Stafford, Walton-on-the-Hill, Staffordshire and Milford, Staffordshire....
    , Bradley, Brocton
    Brocton, Staffordshire

    Brocton is a village and civil parish in the Stafford borough of Staffordshire, England. It about four miles south-east of Stafford town centre, and just outside the built-up area of Stafford, on the edge of Cannock Chase....
  • Chebsey
    Chebsey

    Chebsey is a small village in Staffordshire 2.5 miles southeast of Eccleshall on a confluence of Eccleshall water and the River Sow some 5 miles northwest of Stafford....
    , Church Eaton
    Church Eaton

    Church Eaton is a small England village in the west of Staffordshire lying some 6 miles southwest of Stafford, 6 miles northwest of Penkridge and just 4 miles from the Shropshire border....
    , Colwich
    Colwich, Staffordshire

    Colwich is a civil parish and village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated off the A51 road road, about 3 miles north west of of Rugeley, and 7 miles south east of Stafford....
    , Creswell
    Creswell, Staffordshire

    Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow....
  • Eccleshall
    Eccleshall

    GeneralEccleshall is a town in Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles north west of Stafford, and six miles west of Stone, Staffordshire....
    , Ellenhall
    Ellenhall

    Ellenhall is a small Staffordshire village roughly 2.5 miles south of Eccleshall originally comprising part of the extensive estates of the Earl of Lichfield....
  • Forton
    Forton, Staffordshire

    Forton is a small village on the Staffordshire/Shropshire situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire.Situated around Forton Hall and the 14th century All Saints church and sited on the Roman road Via Devana and the modern A519 road between Newport and Newcastle-under-Lyme...
    , Fradswell
    Fradswell

    Fradswell is a settlement in Staffordshire, England....
    , Fulford
  • Gayton
    Gayton, Staffordshire

    Gayton is a small rural village in Staffordshire, located approximately 1 mile from the A51 road between Stone, Staffordshire and Stafford, Staffordshire....
    , Gnosall
    Gnosall

    Gnosall is a large village in the Stafford , Staffordshire, England, with a population of approximately 5,000. It lies on the A518 road, approximately half-way between the towns of Newport, Shropshire and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford....
  • Haughton
    Haughton, Staffordshire

    Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 road between Stafford and Gnosall....
    , High Offley
    High Offley

    High Offley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.It is near to Woodseaves, a village on the A519 road.There is a church and there was once a pub called the Royal Oak....
    , Hixon
    Hixon, Staffordshire

    Hixon is a village in the borough of Stafford , Staffordshire, England. It is about 8 km east of Stafford at .Hixon was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on May 1, 1849....
    , Hilderstone, Hopton and Coton, Hyde Lea
  • Ingestre
    Ingestre

    Ingestre is a village and fomer civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is four miles to the north-east of the county town of Stafford.Ingestre Hall is a local landmark....
  • Marston, Milwich
  • Norbury
    Norbury, Staffordshire

    Norbury is a village in the Stafford , in south-west Staffordshire, England.It is situated approximately five miles north-east of Newport, Shropshire, just south of the A519 road Newport to Newcastle-under-Lyme road, and two miles south-east of Woodseaves....
  • Ranton
    Ranton

    Ranton can refer to:* Ranton, Vienne, a village in France* Ranton, Staffordshire, a village in England...
  • Salt and Enson, Sandon and Burston, Seighford
    Seighford

    Seighford is a small village about three miles west of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. There is a red sandstone church there and a Tudor style architecture mansion....
    . Standon, Stone
    Stone, Staffordshire

    Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent....
    , Stone Rural, Stowe-by-Chartley Swynnerton
    Swynnerton

    Swynnerton is a village in Staffordshire, England.St Mary's Church dates back to at least the 13th Century. Swynnerton received its charter from Edward I in 1306....
  • Tixall
    Tixall

    Tixall is a small village and former civil parish in the England county of Staffordshire. it lies on the western side of the Trent valley between Rugeley and Stone, Staffordshire and roughly 4 miles east of Stafford....
  • Weston
    Weston, Staffordshire

    Weston is a village situated 5 miles east of the county town of Stafford en route to the market town of Uttoxeter. The village of Gayton, Staffordshire is approximately one mile to the east....
    , Whitgreave
    Whitgreave

    Whitgreave is a very small village a few miles to the NNW of Stafford situated mid-way between the M6 motorway to the west and the A34 road trunk road to the east....
    , Woodseaves
    Woodseaves

    Woodseaves is a village in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.It is near the villages of Gnosall and Norbury, Staffordshire, the hamlets of Knightley, Staffordshire and High Offley, and the town of Eccleshall....