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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… (O.S. 6 in. XLVII, S.W.) Burton is a parish and small town 6 m. W.S.W. of Kirkby Lonsdale. The church is the principal monument. In the square of the town is an 18th-century market-cross still retaining the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… family of Jorz were ancient owners here, which gave the town the distinction of Burton Force, which it yet retains. … son of Richard de Burton, Robert de Burstall of the same town, Thomas le Palmer of the same, Robert Jorce cousin of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… now part of Kettering, lies immediately S. of that town, on the E. side of the R. Ise. It covered an area of …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… devised a rent-charge of 1 yearly from land called the Town Close at Burton Overy. 91 In 1837 the rent-charge was … chancel, rather than as a chapel. It was known as the 'Town Chancel', being maintained by the parishioners: Leic. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 8136 inhabitants, of whom 4863 are in the market-town of Burton, 24 miles (E.) from Stafford, and 124 (N. W. … now converted into a shop. In 1225, a large portion of the town was destroyed by an accidental fire. In the reign of … forces into Scotland. During the parliamentary war, the town and neighbourhood were frequently the scene of action …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton Extra and Horninglow became wards in the enlarged town of Burton in 1853, and in the late 1870s the total … are taken from Plan of Burton (1857). Burton Libr., D. 13/town masters' accts. 1666 sqq.; S.R.O., D. 4219/7/1, 1686 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… distributed in cash, beef, and bread to the poor of the town and the outlying villages. Blankets and clothes … up in Station Street in 1856 with money from the Burton town lands and from Mrs. Almond's charity. 15 In 1881 town lands money was used to build a soup kitchen and borough …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was the only means of access to the meadow from the town before an approach from the north side of the bridge was … There was a bridge over the Trent at the north end of town by the early 12th century when a bridge keeper ( … Reformation services were being celebrated there by the town's guild priests. 2 The chapel stood at the south-west …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Mill Dam meadow along Branston brook on the west side of town; Goose moor beyond the west end of New Street; and New … Extra lay mostly on the south and south-west sides of the town. At least three unnamed fields were recorded in the late … straddling the Branston road on the south side of the town. 18 There was evidently open-field land in Moor Mill …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Burton college in 1545. 2 A grammar school for the town, however, was founded by the abbot of Burton in the … remained the principal educational establishment in the town until the 20th century. A charity school for up to 30 … between 1946 and 1973, almost all of them outside the town centre, while several schools in the town centre were …