Cannock

American

[kan-uhk] / ˈkæn ək /

noun

a city in Staffordshire, W central England.

Cannock British

/ ˈkænək /

noun

a town in W central England, in S Staffordshire: Cannock Chase (a public area of heathland, once a royal preserve) is just to the east. Pop: 65 022 (2001)

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Friends Sophie Bates and Brooke Varley also got into the car and the four went for a drive to Cannock, before heading back on the same road in the direction of Penkridge.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

The 33-year-old woman, from Cannock, remains in custody and is being questioned by police.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

It was the last remaining colliery to close in Cannock Chase on 10 December 1993.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

It was the last pit to shut in Cannock Chase, bringing an end to hundreds of years of mining heritage in the area.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

Miss Sarah drove me and the clergyman's wife to Cannock Chase, a wild heathy upland, with groups of old firs and oaks, extending unenclosed for fifteen miles, and surrounded by noblemen's houses and parks.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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