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

Dafydd Hûw Craven-Jones, 18, from Wrexham was driving the Ford Ka on Cannock Road in Penkridge, Staffordshire, just before midnight on 25 May last year when the crash happened.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

Dozens of other councils including Tower Hamlets, Cannock Chase, North West Leicestershire, Kirklees, Torbay, Haringey, and Havant either require or strongly encourage venues to implement the scheme as part of their licensing conditions.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

The 54-year-old appeared for a two-minute hearing at Cannock Magistrates' Court, which was sitting in Walsall.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

Cannock Chase, a tract generally exceeding 500 ft. in elevation, extends on an axis from north-west to south-east over some 36,000 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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