Biddulph

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Biddulph
Biddulph shown within Staffordshire
Population	20,045 (2003 Estimate)
OS grid reference	SJ8857
District	Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST8
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Staffordshire Moorlands
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°06′52″N 2°10′24″W / 53.1145, -2.1732

For the record label, see Biddulph Recordings

For the actor, see Cyril Biddulph

Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of Stoke-on-Trent.

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 English Civil War; the bubonic plague; Black Bull Colliery; tombs of possible Crusader knights; an Iron Age fort; and the site of a meeting of part of the Methodist Movement with the Wesleys. Also at Biddulph are:-

• Biddulph Grange a house and landscaped gardens owned by the National Trust.

Water runs both east and west from Biddulph - to the east it is the source of the river Trent, to the west it is the Liverpool and Manchester canal system - and thus it can be said to be the true centre of England.

[edit] Origin of the name

Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon bī dylfe = "beside the pit or quarry"; but some said that the name Biddulph is a corruption of "the Saxon Bidulfe signifying Wolf Slayer" and as a result the Biddulph family crest is a Wolf Rampant.

[edit] Education

Biddulph has one high school (years 9 to 11) with a sixth form (years 12 to 13) the school was awarded sports college status in 2002. Biddulph also has two middle schools, Woodhouse middle school and Park middle school, and several first schools such as : Kingsfield first school, Knypersly first school, Squirrel hayes first school, Ox Hey primary school, and several more.

[edit] External links

• Google satellite view of Biddulph

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