a market town in W central England, in SE Staffordshire. Pop: 71 650 (2001)
a city in SE Australia, in E central New South Wales: industrial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 32 543 (2001)
After Tamworth, in Staffordshire, England where the breed was developed
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He wielded power from Tamworth, now a Midlands city of 80,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Reform UK's biggest gains came in England, where the party took control of councils from Labour, including Barnsley, Wakefield, Sunderland and Gateshead, and shifted Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth to no overall control.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Like Labour, the Conservatives also lost councillors overnight, with Reform winning former strongholds such as Brentwood, Tamworth and North East Lincolnshire.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Edwards, the Labour MP for Tamworth, said the rule change call was about making sure those with "responsibility for safety are feeling that they are as empowered as possible".
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Ward W. Folsom was born in 1822, in Tamworth, New Hampshire; was married to Matilda Stedman in 1844; came to Taylor's Falls in 1856, where he kept a boarding house for several years.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
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