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Cannock Chase

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Cannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. [1]

77 relations: A34 road, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Beaudesert (house), Bigfoot, Birch, Bird migration, Birmingham, Black dog (ghost), Black-eyed children, Bracken, Brambling, British big cats, Brocton, Staffordshire, Bunter (geology), Calluna, Cannock, Cannock Chase District, Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase murders, Castle Ring, Chase Line, Coal mining, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Crying Laughing Loving Lying, Dogging (sexual slang), Earl of Lichfield, England, Eurasian bullfinch, European nightjar, Fallow deer, Folklore, Forest Live, Forestry Commission, Glacial erratic, Glacial period, Great Britain, Great Dane, Heart of England Way, Heath, Hillfort, Iron Age, Jools Holland, Katyn massacre, Labi Siffre, Lichfield, Life imprisonment, Mesen, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), News of the World, Nightjar, ..., Phytophthora ramorum, Prisoner of war, Royal forest, Rugeley, Shugborough Hall, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Stafford, Staffordshire, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire Way, Stan Collymore, Status Quo (band), The Feeling, The Zutons, Trail blazing, Tree pipit, Triassic, Unidentified flying object, Vaccinium, Valley coal mine, Walsall, War memorial, Werewolf, West Midland Bird Club, West Midlands (region), World War I, Yellowhammer. Expand index (27 more) »

A34 road

The A34 is a major road in England.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Beaudesert (house)

Beaudesert was an estate and stately home on the southern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.

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Bigfoot

In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a hairy, upright-walking,ape-like being who reportedly dwells in the wilderness and leaves behind large footprints.

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Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Black dog (ghost)

A black dog is a spectral or demonic entity found primarily in the folklore of the British Isles.

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Black-eyed children

Black-eyed children (or black-eyed kids) are an urban legend of supposed paranormal creatures that resemble children between the ages of 6 and 16, Snopes.com with pale skin and black eyes, who are reportedly seen hitchhiking or panhandling, or are encountered on doorsteps of residential homes.

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Bracken

Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.

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Brambling

The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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British big cats

British big cats, also referred to as ABCs (Alien, or Anomalous, Big Cats), phantom cats and mystery cats, are reports and incidents of Felidae not native to Britain but supposed to inhabit the British countryside.

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Brocton, Staffordshire

Brocton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.

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Bunter (geology)

Bunter Pebble Beds are sandstone deposits containing rounded pebbles.

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Calluna

Calluna vulgaris (known as common heather, ling, or simply heather) is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.

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Cannock

Cannock, as of the 2011 census, has a population of 29,018, and is the most populous of the three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.

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Cannock Chase District

Cannock Chase is a local government district in England.

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Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

The Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery is on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England.

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Cannock Chase murders

The Cannock Chase murders (also known as the A34 murders) were the murders of three young school girls that occurred in Staffordshire, England, during the late 1960s.

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Castle Ring

Castle Ring is an Iron Age hill fort, situated high up on the southern edge of Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, in the village of Cannock Wood, England.

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Chase Line

The Chase Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of England.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.

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Crying Laughing Loving Lying

Crying Laughing Loving Lying is a 1972 release by Labi Siffre.

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Dogging (sexual slang)

Dogging is a British English slang term for engaging in sexual acts in a public or semi-public place or watching others doing so.

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Earl of Lichfield

Earl of Lichfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England (1645 and 1674) and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1831).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eurasian bullfinch

The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.

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European nightjar

The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia.

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Fallow deer

The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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Forest Live

Forest Live (formerly Forest Tour) is an annual British music festival featuring predominantly pop and rock bands and artist.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).

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Glacial erratic

Indian Rock in the Village of Montebello, New York A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great Dane

The Great Dane is a German breed of domestic dog known for its giant size.

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Heart of England Way

The Heart of England Way is a long distance walk of around through the Midlands of England.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland, OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter.

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Katyn massacre

The Katyn massacre (zbrodnia katyńska, "Katyń massacre" or "Katyn crime"; Катынская резня or Катынский расстрел Katynskij reznya, "Katyn massacre") was a series of mass executions of Polish intelligentsia carried out by the NKVD ("People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs", the Soviet secret police) in April and May 1940.

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Labi Siffre

Claudius Afolabi "Labi" Siffre (born 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter, musician and poet.

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Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.

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Mesen

Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English) is a city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)

The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), affectionately known as The Dinks, was formed on 1 May 1915 as the 3rd Brigade of the New Zealand Division, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae, characterized by long wings, short legs and very short bills.

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Phytophthora ramorum

Phytophthora ramorum is the oomycete plant pathogen known to cause the disease sudden oak death (SOD).

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Royal forest

A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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Rugeley

Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England.

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Shugborough Hall

Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Stafford

Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire County Council is the top-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire, England.

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Staffordshire Way

The Staffordshire Way is a long distance walk in Staffordshire, England.

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Stan Collymore

Stanley Victor Collymore (born 22 January 1971) is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward from 1990 to 2001.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock.

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The Feeling

The Feeling are an English rock band from Horsham, West Sussex.

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The Zutons

The Zutons were an English indie rock band, formed in 2001 in Liverpool.

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Trail blazing

Trail blazing is to make a mark on a tree by slashing the bark to indicate the direction of a trail through forested wilderness.

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Tree pipit

The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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Unidentified flying object

An unidentified flying object or "UFO" is an object observed in the sky that is not readily identified.

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Vaccinium

Vaccinium is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family.

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Valley coal mine

Valley coal mine, commonly known as Valley Colliery, is located in Hednesford, Staffordshire, UK on which today is the site of the Museum of Cannock Chase.

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Walsall

Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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Werewolf

In folklore, a werewolf (werwulf, "man-wolf") or occasionally lycanthrope (λυκάνθρωπος lukánthrōpos, "wolf-person") is a human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolflike creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or scratch from another werewolf).

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West Midland Bird Club

The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society.

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yellowhammer

The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannock_Chase

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