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A History of the County of Stafford
… Irish abbess named St. Monenna (or Moninne), came to the town. His Life, the first written record of Modwen, conflated … seventh and ninth months. 15 It is presumably because the town's principal fair was transferred from 5 July to 29 … a year. 5 After 1547 some of the lands became part of the town lands. 6 PECULIAR JURISDICTION Bishop Robert Peche …
A History of the County of Stafford
… century the abbey established a borough. Never large, the town started to expand only in the earlier 19th century as … an emphasis on developing business parks away from the town centre, notably beyond the confined limits of the county … 8 The abbey also had two granges on the edge of the town, at Bond End and Shobnall, as well as ones in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Growth of settlement Growth of settlement Burton town lies on the west side of the river Trent, its long High … by the townspeople and so remained the main focus of the town. In the 12th and 13th centuries streets were laid out … major east-west route using the bridge over the river. The town plan remained unchanged until the earlier 19th century …
A History of the County of Stafford
… century that new Anglican parishes were created in the town and outlying villages. 2 The place-name Burton, meaning … the west and the South Derbyshire plateau on the east; the town centre lies on a terrace on the west side of the river … in the Keuper Marls of the Needwood plateau west of the town. It is that hard, rich water which enabled Burton …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Islam Islam The first mosque for the town's Muslim community, which is predominantly Sunni, was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… borough benefited from a charitable endowment called the town lands, whose income supported a variey of public works … after improvement commissioners were established for the town in 1779. Following the town's physical expansion in the earlier 19th century the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… those recorded at Stapenhill and Winshill in 1574. 6 TOWN LANDS The endowment of the borough's medieval religious guild became part of the town lands after the Reformation. 7 Charters of Burton Abbey, … abbey church: Shaw, Staffs. i. 9. Burton Libr., D. 110/town lands docs., deeds of 4 May 1595 and 17 Jan. 1616/17. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… beside an arm of the river Trent at the south end of the town, with its west front facing onto the market place. The … in disrepair in the earlier 1520s, and lay people from the town were able to get into the grounds, some even living in a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… precisely gives 1,394 adults, of whom 869 lived in the town. 4 In 1604 the parish population was said to be 1,500, … 7,201 6,614 The part of Horninglow township added to the town in 1853 was sparsely populated, but by 1871 it had 3,697 residents, whilst the part of Burton Extra in the town had 6,993; the combined population of the whole town was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… with five excluded clergy active or resident in the town: Thomas Bakewell, ejected from Rolleston and briefly … and Derbyshire, and by the traditions of puritanism in the town. 2 Twenty-four persons from Burton were presented for … Sunday 1851 one-third of the recorded attendances in the town were at the six chapels for Protestant dissenters. 6 The …