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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… ON THE HILL Burrough on the Hill lies on the western edge of the uplands of east Leicestershire, about twelve miles north-east of Leicester. The ground falls from nearly 700 ft. in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem Buildings, manors and estates BURSLEM The borough of Burslem consisted by 1910 of the townships of Burslem 1 … Fowlea Brook formed the boundary then as now, and on the east by the urban district of Smallthorne. 4 The eastern part … intersection of roads from Newcastle and from the north-east of the county and the road running north and south …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Churches By 1297 Burslem was a chapelry in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent 1 and retained that status until 1809 … reveals. Near both ends of the south wall and near the east end of the north wall are shorter windows with stone doorways below them. The chancel has an apsidal east end in which there is a stone Venetian window. It is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Public Services Burslem, though anciently part of the parish of Stoke, was evidently an independent parish … 6 for each of the three wards (North, South, and East). 23 At its first meeting the council elected Thomas … of sergeant in 1840. 41 The police 'office' was at the east end of the upper story of the town hall by 1834. 42 The …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… appears to be no record as to the means whereby the manor of Burton came into the possession of Roger de Burton, younger son of Roger de Aston of Ashton … co. York; to hold in socage as of the king's manor of East Greenwich, co. Kent, by fealty only and not in chief; …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Bertune and Ludham, some land that was Sok to Gulnethorpe of the fee of Roger de Busli, viz. twelve bov. ad geld. The land one … upon another shield the same with that on his arm. In the east window of the chancel is represented a woman praying, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Burton Overy BURTON OVERY Burton Overy is seven miles south-east of Leicester. The village stands on rising ground which forms … the eastern slope of the Sence valley, and in the north-east the land rises to over 500 ft. The parish is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary and St. Modwena), a parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N. division of the hundred of … large quantities being sent to London, China, and the East Indies. An ancient water-mill in the vicinity of the … over which is a stone bridge, and is skirted on the east by the river Roche, which falls into the Irwell about …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 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 channel of the river. The boundary between … traced). Census, 1901. Ibid. 1931. Ibid. 1981. Ibid. 1991; East Staffs. (Parishes) Order, 1985 (S.I. 1985, no. 163); …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Charities for the poor Charities for the poor The majority of endowed charities for the poor in Burton were founded … in 1974 when its stone doorway was installed in the east wall of the Burton shopping centre. 4 Parker's … used for repairs to the house, 5 which was built on the east side of High Street in 1639 or 1640. The charity funds …