Staffordshire

abbot ancient Barr Beacon became beer Bevin Boys Big Jack Bilston Bishop Bishop of Lichfield Black Country Bloxwich breed bull terrier Burton called canal Cannock Chase Castle Ring cattle century Chad charcoal Christian Church coal cock colliers common cure death druids Dud Dudley England Essington estates Ethelfleda famous fighting fire firedamp fordshire forest forges friends furnace hill Hilton horse hundred hunting important industries inevitable iron John King known labour land Lapley less Lichfield lived Lord Manor Mercia miles mines minstrels modern monasteries monks natural never Normans once original Potteries primitive Prior produced religious houses road Romans round Saxons seam seems shaft shire sport Staf Stafford Staffordshire Stone superstition theory thing tion took town trade tradition Tutbury Uttoxeter villeins Walsall wares Wednesbury whippet whole Wichnor wild Wolverhampton woods