Strafford
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Places

  • Strafford, Missouri
    Strafford, Missouri
    Strafford is a city in eastern Greene County, Missouri, United States. The population is 2,211 at the 2009 census, a small 2% of the population is African American and only .5% is Hispanic. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , a city
  • Strafford, New Hampshire
    Strafford, New Hampshire
    Strafford is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,991 at the 2010 census. The two main settlements in town are the villages of Center Strafford and Bow Lake Village.- History :...

    , a town
  • Strafford, Pennsylvania
    Strafford, Pennsylvania
    Strafford is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, located partly in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, and partly in Radnor Township, Delaware County. It is served by its own stop on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line regional rail train. It is also...

  • Strafford, Vermont
    Strafford, Vermont
    Strafford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,045 at the 2000 census. The town of Strafford was created on August 12, 1761 by way of a royal charter which King George III of England issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire...

    , a town
  • Strafford County, New Hampshire
    Strafford County, New Hampshire
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 112,233 people, 42,581 households, and 27,762 families residing in the county. The population density was 304 people per square mile . There were 45,539 housing units at an average density of 124 per square mile...


Other

  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1639 he instituted a harsh rule as Lord Deputy of Ireland...

     (1593–1641), politician impeached and excuted in 1641
  • Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford
    Earl of Strafford is a title that has been created three times in English and British history.The first creation was in the Peerage of England in 1640 for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, the close advisor of King Charles I...

    , a title that has been created several times in British history
  • Stephen Strafford
    Stephen Strafford
    Air Marshal Stephen Charles Strafford CB, CBE, DFC, RAF was a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II and the following years.-RAF career:...

    , British air marshal
  • Strafford (play), written in 1837 by Robert Browning
    Robert Browning
    Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...


See also

  • Stafford (disambiguation)
    Stafford (disambiguation)
    -Other places in England:* Stafford * West Stafford, in Dorset-United States:*Stafford, California **Stafford, Humboldt County, California...

  • Stratford (disambiguation)
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