- South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire is a local government district in
Staffordshire ,England . The district lies to the north and west ofWolverhampton and the West Midlands, borderingShropshire to the west andWorcestershire to the south. It contains no towns of major size and many of the settlements within the district are dormitory villages forStafford ,Wolverhampton ,Birmingham andTelford .The district was formed on
April 1 ,1974 , under theLocal Government Act 1972 , by the merger ofCannock Rural District (in the north) andSeisdon Rural District (in the south).Its council is based in
Codsall , one of the larger settlements in the district, along withBrewood ,Cheslyn Hay ,Great Wyrley ,Kinver ,Landywood ,Penkridge ,Perton andWombourne (which some claim to be "officially the largest village in England"). Other villages in the district includeEssington , Featherstone,Lower Penn ,Pattingham ,Seisdon ,Trysull and Coven.The district covers a similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency.
Woods in the area include bunkers tree wood.
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