Stone, Staffordshire

Stone is an old market town in Staffordshire, England, situated about north of Stafford, and around south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is the second town, after Stafford itself, in the Borough of Stafford, and has long been of importance from the point of view of communications. Stone gave its name to both an urban district council and a rural district council before becoming part of the borough in 1974.