Biddulph
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 17,819 |
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| OS grid reference: | SJ8857 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Staffordshire |
| Historic county: | Staffordshire |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Staffordshire |
| Fire and rescue: | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance: | Staffordshire |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postal district: | ST8 |
| Dialling code: | 01782 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| European Parliament: | West Midlands |
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Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of Stoke-on-Trent, and has a population of about 25,000. It is an ex-mining town and is administered by Staffordshire Moorlands district council.
Biddulph is a town steeped in history, within the bowl created by the ridges of Mow Cop and Biddulph Moor, there are ancient burial mounds; evidence of the civil war; the bubonic plague; Black Bull Colliery; tombs of crusader knights; a remarkable victorian garden at Biddulph Grange; an iron age fort; and the site of a meeting of part of the Methodist Movement with the Wesleys.
Biddulph is home to Biddulph Grange a house and landscaped gardens owned by the National Trust.
Biddulph is also home to Selectus Ltd, one time sole manufacturers of ribbon in the UK.
[edit] Origin of the name
The name Biddulph is a corruption of the Saxon Bidulfe signifying Wolf Slayer, and the family crest being a Wolf Rampant
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Ceremonial county of Staffordshire  |
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| Unitary authorities: | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Cannock Chase • East Staffordshire • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Tamworth | |
| Cities/Towns: | Biddulph • Burntwood • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Cheadle • Eccleshall • Hednesford • Kidsgrove • Leek • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • Penkridge • Rugeley • Stafford • Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem • Fenton • Hanley • Longton • Stoke • Tunstall) • Stone • Tamworth • Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire |
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