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A History of the County of Stafford
… a small village beside the river Trent but spreading in the 19th century along the Burton-Lichfield road. There is … the land is mainly farmland, with the former Sinai park in the northern part of the township. Formerly a township in … 1546, was presumably part of a route to Walton-on-Trent (Derb.) which in the later 18th century ran south from the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Branston Manor Manor In 942 King Edmund granted an estate at Branston to Wulfsige … seems to have been one of the estates which the abbey lost in the early 11th century, and in 1066 it was held by Godgifu … to Ric. Almond, 9 Jan. 1605/6. S.R.O., D. (W.) 1702/5/1; Derb. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 7, 13; Harleian Soc. n.s. viii. 18. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… remained a member of the bishop's manor of Longdon, which in 1546 passed to the Paget family (successively Barons … of Anglesey). Pipe was still a member of Longdon manor in the 1850s. 3 It covered Edial and Woodhouses but did not … 61; S.H.C. 191718, 1423. J.C. Cox, Notes on Churches of Derb. iii. 487. S.H.C. xvii. 10, 1516, 1920, 2930, 35; S.H.C. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… areas TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES Burton's boundary as recorded in 1598 was marked on the west by the line of the Roman … Street) and corresponded to the backs of burgage plots in New Street. 2 Annual perambulations of the parish took … (Parishes) Order, 1985 (S.I. 1985, no. 163); Ches., Derb., Herefs. and Worcs., and Staffs. (County Boundaries) …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the poor The majority of endowed charities for the poor in Burton were founded between the late 16th and early 18th … annual charity also became a significant source of welfare in the 18th century. The Paget family probably made annual … Clerkenwell (Mdx.) and income from land in Fenny Bentley (Derb.) to support almswomen. 11 The property was vested in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Communications RIVER TRENT In its passage north through Burton the river Trent contains several islands, small ones in the Burton Extra stretch and larger ones near the abbey, … as undertaker to George Hayne, a merchant of Wirksworth (Derb.) who was intent on monopolising trade in partnership …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Burton for 2 ploughteams in demesne, and a further 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 … 21 The fishing of the stretch of river alongside Drakelow (Derb.) was disputed in the later 15th century by Sir John …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A reference to a 'warden of the boys' ( custos puerorum) in Burton in 1390 suggests that there may have been an almonry school … school. She died probably in 1755 and an estate at Hatton (Derb.) was bought in 1761; 11 by 1766 six boys were being …
A History of the County of Stafford
… have built a chapel dedicated to St. Andrew on an island in the Trent called Andresey, an Old English name meaning … an anchoress. She departed for Ireland, leaving Andresey in the care of two female companions, and died, but her body … 1530s there was an image to Modwen in Ashbourne church (Derb.). 23 In Staffordshire a well at Canwell was recorded in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… General history Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later … as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … and after the dispersal of the 'great army' at Repton (Derb.) in 874 it seems likely that Burton fell under Viking …