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Staffordshire
[ staf-erd-sheer, -sher ]
noun
- a county in central England. 1,154 sq. mi. (2,715 sq. km). : Stafford.
Staffordshire
/ -ʃə; ˈstæfədˌʃɪə /
noun
- a county of central England: lowlands in the east and south rise to the Pennine uplands in the north; important in the history of industry, coal and iron having been worked at least as early as the 13th century. In 1974 the industrial area in the S passed to the new county of West Midlands; Stoke-on-Trent became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Stafford. Pop (excluding Stoke-on-Trent): 811 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Stoke-on-Trent): 2624 sq km (1013 sq miles)
Example Sentences
In Staffordshire, Reform won 72% of the seats on 41% of the vote.
In Staffordshire, the Royal British Legion will host an anniversary tea party and service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum on Thursday, bringing together one of the largest gatherings of WW2 veterans and their families on VE Day.
Reform has seized control of six authorities from the Conservatives after elections on Thursday, including Tory heartlands such as Kent and Staffordshire.
But it's more than just a story about the government's woes, as longstanding Conservative strongholds such as Staffordshire and Lincolnshire falling to Reform show.
Conservatives had run Staffordshire County Council since 2009.
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