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The Community Council of Staffordshire (a voluntary and charitable organisation established in 1953) acquired this web site many years ago and we are extremely grateful to Julian Bielewicz for his unstinting energy in creating and developing the site that you see today, especially as he has been doing this from his home in Queensland, Australia (but does actually hail from Rugeley, Staffordshire in the UK!).

This is a large and developing site devoted to Staffordshire's history (i.e. pre-1888 boundaries).  It is an important reference and information resource for researchers, both professional and amateur whose aim is to encourage Local History groups throughout the old historic county and to publicise their activities, meetings and achievements.  Hopefully, it will also increase individual group's membership and thereby encourage more people to study, learn and carry out research into Staffordshire's long and exciting history.

And, of course, the Staffordshire History Journal is also part of this family.  It was started 33 years ago in 1984 and its Editor, Dudley Fowkes (retired County Archivist), edited the Journal until 2013.  He was at the helm for 58 Volumes. Unfortunately, owing to illness, Dudley had to give up his editorship and so far we have not found anyone else to take it on.   It has played a valuable role in providing local researchers with an outlet for the product of their labours.
  
Chris Welch - Chief Executive, Community Council of Staffordshire

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