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A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton's boundary as recorded in 1598 was marked on the west by the line of the Roman Ryknild Street, on the north by the west arm of the river Trent, and on the east by the main …
A History of the County of Stafford
… spent on repairing the almshouse, which was built on the west side of the market place. 12 Elizabeth, Lady Paulet The … 14 The charities were evidently charged on land on the west side of Anderstaff Lane, part of which was sold in 1803 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… expanse of water which necessitated a long bridge. 2 The west arm, known as Wetmore brook in the late 16th century and … In the earlier 1780s Robert Peel dug a cut from the west bank of the river near the Branston boundary to power a … still existed in 2000. A weir across the opening of the west arm of the river between Burton meadow and the bridge is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… it was ploughed up in 1738. 2 Stoney holme on the south-west side of the island was so called in 1286 when it was … parcels. 10 The Hay, a 14-a. stretch of meadow on the west bank of the river, parallel to High Street, was so … Street; Moor Mill Dam meadow along Branston brook on the west side of town; Goose moor beyond the west end of New …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened under the 1873 Scheme in new premises on the west side of Princess Street, backing on to those of the … in 1862 by one for boys, girls, and infants on the west side of Hawkins Lane. It was designed by G. E. Street in … 9 A new block, designed by G. E. Street, was added to the west in 1858. 10 Unable to afford the cost of improvements to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 13th century. 20 The endowment of a monastery on the west bank of the Trent by Wulfric Spot, an Anglo-Saxon … when the abbey was dissolved in 1539. The laity used the west end of the nave of the abbey church for their services … one for the laity was probably at the first nave pier west of the crossing, 8 and services for the laity were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 By that date the main settlement was possibly on the west bank of the river, where a monastery was later … who rivalled Wulfric's family for influence in the West Midlands. 3 The royal grant of Horninglow to the abbey … especially by Lichfield, only 12 miles to the south-west and on a major road, unlike Burton. 6 Derby, 11 miles to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of settlement Growth of settlement Burton town lies on the west side of the river Trent, its long High Street running … the 12th and 13th centuries streets were laid out off the west side of High Street, the earliest being New Street which … at the north end of High Street was part of a major east-west route using the bridge over the river. The town plan …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Trent flows north between the Needwood plateau on the west and the South Derbyshire plateau on the east; the town centre lies on a terrace on the west side of the river at c. 152 ft. (46m.), only a few feet above the flood plain. 1 Further west, beyond the line of the Trent and Mersey canal, the land …
A History of the County of Stafford
… triggered the decision in 1728 to convert a barn on the west side of Anderstaff Lane (later Wetmore Road) into a … place on St. Thomas's day (21 December) in a house on the west side of High Street, known by 1631 as the Town House. 13 … the south, Shobnall, Victoria, and Horninglow wards to the west, Stapenhill ward, and a combined Wetmore and Winshill …