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Biddulph
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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

Instance of
civil parish
Population
19892
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Moreton cum Alcumlow
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
twinned administrative body
Fusignano
different from
Biddulph
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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections
Contents
  • Origin of the name
  • Geography
  • Education
  • Local media
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  • Newspapers
  • Main sights
  • Transport
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  • Railway
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • Twin towns
  • Freeman
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

==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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biddulph” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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