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A History of the County of Stafford
… place next to the site of the medieval abbey. The abbey church was also used by the townspeople and so remained the … Railway Mission hall 26 Elim Pentecostal church, formerly Christ Church 27 Site of Zion General Baptist chapel 28 Site … occupied mostly by poor canal workers and railwaymen. 2 Christ Church was opened for their benefit in 1844, and the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… which lay outside the borough. The medieval parish church was also the church of a Benedictine abbey, with the laity being confined … to a modern street. 3 Census, 1871. Below, established church. Below, general hist. (middle ages). e.g. S.R.O., D. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened in the late 1990s in the former Methodist church in Parker street. Princess Street mosque from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… meetings were held in the north transept of the parish church. 18 In 1805 the vestry comprised a committee of about … were made to a poor man's chest (or box) in the parish church in the 1550s and still in 1582, and weekly collections … were being badged by 1701, and only those who attended church regularly and sat in special seats were to receive …
A History of the County of Stafford
… were commemorated by inscribed glass in Burton abbey church: Shaw, Staffs. i. 9. Burton Libr., D. 110/town lands …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Monastic precinct Monastic precinct The abbey church stood beside an arm of the river Trent at the south … front facing onto the market place. The east end of the church was demolished after the Dissolution but the nave, … the laity in the Middle Ages, was retained as the parish church until it was replaced by the present building in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Rolleston and briefly Boylston lecturer in Burton parish church; Henry Bee, a native of Stapenhill who had been … 1654 was signed by two representatives of 'the church of Christ at Derby and Burton'; that church was still meeting in … In 1984 it moved to the redundant Anglican church of Christ Church, Moor Street, which it continued to use in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was forbidden to draw water within 7 miles of St. Modwen's church, evidently in order to protect local supplies for the … Hay ditch, mentioned in 1336, ran from north of the abbey church along the back of tenements in High Street to Burton … in 1793. 4 A treble bell which was rung at St. Modwen's church for 15 minutes at 7 a.m. every morning in the earlier …
A History of the County of Stafford
… it was reported in 1577, would 'never to come unto the church'; in 1580 he was committed to the custody of the dean … were 'ill affected in religion, come seldom to the church, and that for fashion's sake only, and come not to the … the household in Burton. 4 The composer William Byrd, a church papist, received a pension from Paget 1576-83 and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1956 and was later extended. 20 An association for several church- and work-based football clubs in the town was formed … in 1980 by Staffordshire county council in the former Christ Church school building in Uxbridge Street. 6 A … Bands of Hope in Burton was probably that established at Christ Church in 1852. 5 A temperance society was formed in …