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Stafford services is a pair of motorway service stations on the M6 motorway near Stone, Staffordshire, England. It is unusual, in that the facilities on the northbound (opened 1996) and southbound (1999) sides of the motorway are operated by separate companies: Moto (formerly Granada) and Roadchef respectively. They are 1 mile (1.6 km) [1] apart.
The North Staffordshire Railway opened its main line from Stoke-on-Trent through Stone to Norton Bridge on 3 April 1848; the following year a branch line from Stone to Colwich began operating. One industry that did flourish under the railway era was the shoe industry, at its height in 1851 there were 16 shoeworks.
The bridge carries Newcastle Road over the Trent and Mersey Canal and the lock is to the north; both were designed by James Brindley. The bridge is in brick with stone dressings and stone-coped parapets, and consists of an elliptical arch, with a round-headed tunnel for horses on the west. The lock has double lower gates and a single upper gate ...
The ST postcode area, also known as the Stoke-on-Trent postcode area, [2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in England, within six post towns.These cover much of north and central Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Leek, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stone and Uttoxeter), plus very small parts of Cheshire and Derbyshire.
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
Description: Map of Staffordshire, UK with the following information shown: . Administrative borders; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways; Urban areas; Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%
The first opened on 17 April 1848 [2] and was next to the Newcastle Road bridge. With the opening of the Colwich line on 1 May 1849, the original station was closed and replaced the same day by the current station. [2] The station was renamed Stone Junction in January 1888, but reverted to the original name Stone at some point between 1923 and ...
The Labour in Vain. Yarnfield is a village in Staffordshire, England.Population details as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Swynnerton It is considered part of historic Stone, and is near to other historic locations such as Eccleshall and Swynnerton.