The Little Book of Staffordshire

Did you know? - A gravestone in the churchyard of St Edwards at Leek suggests that the deceased died at the ripe old age of 438! - The ashes of Hanley-born Sir Stanley Matthews are buried beneath the centre circle at Stoke's Britannia Stadium. - The sun sets twice in Leek each summer solstice. - Sarah Westwood from Lichfield was the last woman to be executed at Stafford Gaol, in 1844. The Litt...