Biddulph

Biddulph is a picturesque town located in Staffordshire, Biddulph is just north of Stoke-on-Trent and is situated close to Congleton in Cheshire. Biddulph is a historic town with a long legacy that can be traced back to the Iron Age; the town itself sits in a natural geological bowl that is created by the ridges of Mow Cop and Biddulph Moor and contains ancient burial mounds, sites of historical interest relating to the English Civil War and the bubonic plague, and also the famous Black Bull Colliery.

Biddulph is also home to tombs of Crusader knights, the site of a meeting of a part of the Methodist Movement with the Wesleys, and also an Iron Age fort that is of vital archaeological significance to the history of both the local area and also the United Kingdom. Biddulph Grange is also situated close by, this house is beautifully landscaped and is now owned and maintained by the National Trust and can be visited on regular occasions. The town is close to the source of the river Trent to the east, to the west is the Liverpool and Manchester canal system and it is often referred to as the "true" centre of England due to this location.

It is believed that the towns name comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "beside the pit or quarry" although local folklore argues that it is a corruption of the Saxon word "Bidulfe" which means "Wolf Slayer", however there appears to be little literary or archaeological evidence to support this. To this day, however, the Biddulph family crest remains a Wolf Rampant. Biddulph is also home to a high school with a sixth form attached, along with two middle schools and a number of local first schools.