From November 2012 - March 2013, Andy Mabbett was Wikipedian in Residence at Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service (Archives, Museums), which manages:
- Staffordshire County Museum
- Shire Hall Gallery
- Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archives Service at the William Salt Library
He remains available as point of contact.
A case study on the residency was published.
Participants[edit]
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- User:Helen Johnson 98 *
- User:Woollams *
- User:Timgroom *
- User:Ian Denny *
- User:Sarahabradshaw *
- User:Howardd58 *
- User:Winifredalison *
- User:Ironbridge96 *
County[edit]
Consider starting Wikipedia:WikiProject Staffordshire.
Articles[edit]
Requested[edit]
Please add your suggestions and requests!
See also "most wanted" missing articles from all existing articles in the category trees:
Organisations[edit]
- Staffordshire County Museum
- The carriage collection
- The Shrewsbury Collection
- State Chariot - used in coronation
- Britzschka chariot (see Britzka)
- Puppet collection
- Douglas Hayward
- Lanchester Marionettes
- Other individual makers
- The carriage collection
- Staffordshire County Council (currently a redirect; see rationale)
- Evode
- Makers of Evo-Stik; see [1]
- Flash Female Button Makers Union
- Court case, contemporary with Tolpuddle Martyrs; under the same judge, Judge Baron John Williams
- Joules (brewery) of Stone (the original; but mentioning the recreation [2])
- Lotus Shoes (not to be confiused with Lotus shoes) and/or Shoe making in Staffordshire
- Frederick Riley Ltd
- Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
- Staffordshire County Police and Stoke-on-Trent City Police (see Staffordshire Police)
- Stevenson Salt & Co
- Bank, which opened in Cheapside, London in 1788 and which in 1867 merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with Lloyds Banking Company; owned by Salt family of Stafford - see [3]
People[edit]
- Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1856–1918)
- Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883–1960)
- Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson (1913–1958)
- Thomas William Robert Hugh Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield (b. 1978)
- Edward Anson's armorial porcelain service [sic]
- Murder of Christina Collins
- on which the Inspector Morse novel The Wench is Dead is based
- Dyott family (see Dyott)
- Murder of Lizzie Gaskin
- Edward Knight (British actor)
- father of John Prescott Knight, not to be confused with Edward Knight (American actor)
- John Sparrow (judge)
- Chairman of Stafford Quarter Sessions (d. 1821)
- Thomas Peploe Wood (artist, 1817-1845)
- Lord Justice Frederick John Wrottesley (called to the bar, 1907)
- Mayor of Stafford
- list needs expansion, plus individual articles
Places[edit]
Other[edit]
To review or expand[edit]
- John Prescott Knight
- Stafford Gaol (needs pre-20th century history)
- List of museums in Staffordshire
Created[edit]
Improved[edit]
- Blanche Fury
- Thomas Noon Talfourd
- William Salt
- John Stevenson Salt
- Thomas Salt
- Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Shakes versus Shav
Categories[edit]
Main[edit]
New[edit]
- Category:Buildings and structures in Stafford
- Commons:Category:Shire Hall, Stafford
- Commons:Category:Stafford knots
- Commons:Category:Staffordshire County Museum
- Commons:Category:William Salt
- Commons:Category:William Salt Library
Gallery[edit]
Some of the images taken, or donated, as part of the residency
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OpenStreetMap[edit]
Added:
- Staffordshire Archives
- William Salt Library
- Details of Shugborough Estate
See also[edit]
Requested resources[edit]
- Wikipedia:Introduction
- Wikipedia:Your first article
- Wikipedia:Cheatsheet (Cheatsheet also available as a PDF)
- Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual for your PC or e-reader