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Coordinates: 52°48′24″N 2°07′02″W / 52.8066°N 2.1171°W / 52.8066; -2.1171
Stafford (/ˈstæfəd/) is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England. It lies approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of Wolverhampton, 18 miles (29 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent and 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Birmingham. The population in 2001 was 63,681 and that of the wider borough of Stafford 122,000, the fourth largest in the county after Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Stafford means 'ford' by a 'staithe' (landing place). The original settlement was on dry sand and gravel peninsula that provided a strategic crossing point in the marshy valley of the River Sow, a tributary of the River Trent. There is still a large area of marshland northwest of the town, which has always been subject to flooding, such as in 1947, 2000 and 2007.
It is thought Stafford was founded in about 700 AD by a Mercian prince called Bertelin who, according to legend, established a hermitage on the peninsula named Betheney or Bethnei. Until recently it was thought that the remains of a wooden preaching cross from this time had been found under the remains of St Bertelin's chapel, next to the later collegiate Church of St Mary in the centre of the town. Recent re-examination of the evidence shows this was a misinterpretation – it was a tree trunk coffin placed centrally in the first, timber, chapel at around the time Æthelflæd founded the burh, in 913 AD. The tree trunk coffin may have been placed there as an object of commemoration or veneration of St Bertelin.
James Wayne "Jim" Stafford (born January 16, 1944) is an American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter. While prominent in the 1970s for his records "Spiders and Snakes", "Swamp Witch", "Under The Scotsman's Kilt", "My Girl Bill", and "Wildwood Weed", Stafford has headlined at his own theater in Branson, Missouri, since 1990. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ and harmonica.
Stafford was raised in Winter Haven, Florida. In high school, he played in a band along with friends Bobby Braddock, Kent LaVoie (also known as Lobo) and Gram Parsons (of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers).
Stafford's first chart hit was "Swamp Witch", produced by Lobo, which cracked the U.S. Top 40 in July 1973. On March 2, 1974 his biggest hit, "Spiders & Snakes", peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling over two million copies, earning a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. that month. Stafford continued to have moderate chart success through most of 1975.
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Jim Stafford - Swamp Witch - Album 1974 - Jim Stafford
... Z-algebras J. Toby Stafford's talk from the "New Trends in Noncommutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry" workshop held at Banff in October of 2012. The conference website, where the videos can be downloaded, can be found here: http://www.birs.ca/events/2012/5-day-workshops/12w5049/videos
"HERE IS THE ENTIER DEBATE ON YOUTUBE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER." There are almost 2.000 commentaries on this debate so click here for a lively experience. Dr. James White has participated in over 112 debates in his life as a Christian apologist. However, he has only debated one JW, largely due to the fact that Jehovah's Witnesses has been rather skittish on challenging James in a live format debate. Here is your chance to see Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries debate a JW named Greg Stafford. If I were to score this impressive debate as a boxing match it would be a draw. Indeed if it were not for James incredible and amazing interrogation of Mr. Stafford then I think that Greg wins the bought by a narrow decision. May be your score card will be different. Nevertheless, Dr....
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MIKE STAFFORD - quand j'entends mon cœur ( POCORN OLDIES )
Cardinal J. Francis Stafford explains the meaning of the term "secularism", and why tackling it will be a difficult challenge for the next pope.
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Download: http://soundcloud.com/the-co1onel/hello-again-a-co1onel-bootleg Hello to the new year with a bootleg/mashup of the Stafford Brothers' Hello along with the same title track by Martin Solveig & Dragonette and some help by PSY and J. Cole
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We met with our guide Paul Stafford, from Tagalong, to join his group from Cairns to the Tip of Australia. We were planning to take on the OTT, one of Australia's premier 4WD tracks so having an experienced guide lead the way and show us the ins and outs of each of the grueling crossings was a big bonus. During the 1000km journey north we head through the centre and up the western side of the peninsula. We show you some of the great spots to stop at for the night and explore some of these small country towns. We spend a couple of days in Chillagoe where we check out the unique limestone caves and learn about the towns history. When we arrive in Weipa to spend a couple of days checking out the sights and relaxing. It also gave everyone a chance to work on their car to get it ready for th...
Travel video postcard from our stay at the award-winning Stafford London Hotel.
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