Staffordshire
Much of the land is devoted to cattle pasturage. In the north the Potteries district, centered at Stoke-on-Trent (now administratively separate), is known for its manufacture of fine china (Wedgwood and Spode), glass, bricks, and clay pottery. The Black Country, with its formerly extensive coal fields, foundries, and iron and steel mills, was historically largely in the county's south. Burton upon Trent is famous for its breweries, and Lichfield for its cathedral. The Univ. of Keele is at Keele. The region was once a part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. In 1974, Staffordshire was reorganized as a nonmetropolitan county.
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