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Stafford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on River Sow; founded by daughter of Alfred the Great; town was burned by Parliamentarians in 1643, during English Civil War; birthplace of writer Izaak Walton; site of 19th-century Swan Hotel, haunt of Charles Dickens and George Barrow. |
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| Stafford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Staefford (H,V)
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| Staepfford (H,V)
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............ | from Old English, meaning the "ford by a Staep, or landing place" |
| Statford (H,V)
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Stafford (inhabited place) (P) |
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Mercia (historical region) (P,H) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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chartered in 1206 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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