The Fossor, which takes its name from the Latin fossor i.e. digger. The steel sculpture, created by Walenty Pytel, is made entirely of digger parts and is a powerful representation of JCB. It weighs 36 tonnes, stands high and was the largest steel sculpture in Europe at the time of its creation in 1979. It can be seen from the B5030 road that passes it. The village has several businesses, a school, a pre-school and a church. Rocester is home to the football team Rocester F.C. Rocester lies on the Staffordshire Way, and is the southern terminus of the Limestone Way, a footpath which runs north to Castleton in the Peak District. Notable people Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford (born in Rocester, died 1612) the second wife of the Elizabethan courtier and poet Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725) a member of the Jacobite court in exile, baptized at Rocester M. J. B. Baddeley (1843 in Rocester – 1906) a distinguished English guidebook writer, his guide to the Lake District was first published in 1880 and continued to be revised and reissued, and remained in print into at least a 26th edition in 1978. George Harris (born 1877 in Rocester) an English professional footballer, played 23 games for Stoke City. Brigadier-General Charles Lyon CB CMG DSO (1878 at The Lodge, Rocester – 1959) an English soldier who also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902. Graeme Edge (born 1941 in Rocester – 2021) an English musician, songwriter, poet and the drummer and one of the songwriters for the English band the Moody Blues John Hall (born 1941) Vicar of Rocester 1988–1998, then Archdeacon of Salop 1998-2011 Peter Swanwick (born 1945 in Rocester) a former English cricketer, played for Staffordshire Ryan Boot (born 1994 in Rocester) an English professional footballer, played 23 pro games for Port Vale See also Listed buildings in Rocester References External links Rocester Photography A Rocester photo site Rocester The community website Rocester : Roman Fort and Town Villages in Staffordshire Borough of East Staffordshire