Biddulph

Also known as Biddulph, Staffordshire

Biddulph is a town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies north of Stoke-on-Trent and south-east of Congleton, close to part of the Staffordshire/Cheshire county border. In 2011 the parish had a population of 19,892.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Biddulph
UK place.shire_district: Staffordshire Moorlands
UK place.shire_county: Staffordshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Staffordshire Moorlands
UK place.post_town: STOKE-ON-TRENT
UK place.postcode_district: ST8
UK place.postcode_area: ST
UK place.dial_code: 01782
UK place.os_grid_reference: SJ8857
UK place.population: 19,892
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Biddulph
UK place.parts_type: Suburbs of the town
UK place.p1: Braddocks Hay
UK place.p2: Brown Lees
UK place.p3: Gillow Heath

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Wikidata facts

Population: 19892
Image: John Street, Biddulph - geograph.org.uk - 1691134.jpg
Dialing code: 01782

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postal code: ST8
OS grid reference: SJ8857
Commons category: Biddulph
P8168: Paradança

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==Origin of the name== Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon/Old English bī dylfe, meaning "beside the pit or quarry". It may also stem from a corruption of the Saxon/Old English Bidulfe, meaning "wolf slayer", and the Biddulph family crest is a wolf rampant.