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A History of the County of Stafford
… Victoria (250 a.), and Winshill and Wetmore (1,011 a.). 11 At the time of local government re-organization in 1974 the … Broadway ward was enlarged to 336 a. (136 ha.), mainly at the expense of Uxbridge, which was reduced to 156 a. (63 … of settlement. The township boundaries shown on fig. 6 are taken from Plan of Burton (1857). Burton Libr., D. 13/town …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1 The brook converged with the main course of the river at the north end of Broad holme, where a western arm of the … worth 21 s. 4 d. a year. 10 The abbey seems to have taken no formal responsibility for maintaining the bridge and … from the south was diverted from Branston village and taken from the bypass along Wellington Road, which connects …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Burton for 2 ploughteams in demesne, and a further 2 … and although it was held by a lessee he seems not to have taken the first cutting, which at least in 1585 was reserved … Farmers' Prize Society was established in 1841, with prizes of between £1 and £10 to be awarded for the best …
A History of the County of Stafford
… masses. 1 A schoolmaster mentioned in 1453 may have taught at such a school, which, if it existed, presumably continued … in 1928 and the Waterloo Street building was subsequently taken over by the School of Art. 10 By will proved in 1736 … department was closed in 1957, a year after the school had taken aided status. 5 The school took controlled status in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… that Modwen ever existed. 18 She was, however, celebrated at Burton by the early 11th century when Conchubran (or … the crossing, 8 and services for the laity were probably taken at the Holy Cross altar, recorded in the early 13th … and the sanctuary floor relaid in 1934. 8 The spire was taken down in 1945 after being damaged by the massive …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the later parish, it seems that there was no settlement at Burton itself until the early Anglo-Saxon period. A … first to Tutbury and then further north, where he was taken at Boroughbridge (Yorks.) and executed later in the … situation' with 'communication with every capital Sea Port in the kingdom'. 8 As a further improvement in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… line of the Roman road, Ryknild Street. Horninglow Street at the north end of High Street was part of a major east-west … street in what became Anderstaff Lane, after it had been taken into the borough in the later 13th century. The Market … former Thornewill & Warham ironworks. The centre's name is taken from the top-lit octagon on which the inside malls …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ( disci) which Abbot Nicholas (1187-97) agreed to provide at his own costs, and not as a charge on the kitchener: … and parts of Horninglow, Stapenhill, and Winshill were taken into Burton municipal borough in 1878 they continued as … and still in 1582, and weekly collections may have been taken as required by parliament in 1551. 16 Two overseers for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The abbey church stood beside an arm of the river Trent at the south end of the town, with its west front facing onto … 3 In fact Paget chose to live in a house he had built at Beaudesert, in Longdon, but in his will of 1560 he … Pound Yard, or the Arbour as it was known by 1612, 6 was taken by the parish vestry in 1829, and the southern part was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a probable population of some 1,600. 2 A local census taken in Burton in 1789 recorded 2,926 inhabitants in Burton … p. lxix. Eng. Historical Review, xxvi. 341-52 (Burton at p. 348). P.R.O., E 179/256/26, mm. 40-41. S.H.C. 1923, …