Biddulph
Sign in to saveBiddulph is a town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies north of Stoke-on-Trent and south-east of Congleton, close to part of the Staffordshire/Cheshire county border. In 2011 the parish had a population of 19,892.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Biddulph
- UK place.shire_district
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- UK place.post_town
- STOKE-ON-TRENT
- UK place.postcode_district
- ST8
- UK place.postcode_area
- ST
- UK place.dial_code
- 01782
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ8857
- UK place.population
- 19,892
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Biddulph
- UK place.parts_type
- Suburbs of the town
- UK place.p1
- Braddocks Hay
- UK place.p2
- Brown Lees
- UK place.p3
- Gillow Heath
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Biddulph is a town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies north of Stoke-on-Trent and south-east of Congleton, close to part of the Staffordshire/Cheshire county border. In 2011 the parish had a population of 19,892.
==Origin of the name== Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon/Old English bī dylfe, meaning "beside the pit or quarry". It may also stem from a corruption of the Saxon/Old English Bidulfe, meaning "wolf slayer", and the Biddulph family crest is a wolf rampant.