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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 424 to 348. The population in 1951 was 259. 5 The main street of the village runs approximately north and south, … the date 1651 on a former fire-place lintel. Opposite, The Old House incorporates a similar building, but a tall front … roof of this wing has trusses with curved principals and old tie-beams, probably indicating the re-use of earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… reign of Henry II. The town consisting principally of one street, parallel with the river, is well paved, lighted with … of comedians. Concerts take place occasionally in the old theatre, built in 1780, which has been converted to this … about half a mile distant may be traced the site of the old Franciscan priory. Various other ruins, connected with …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 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 … Burton Extra townships ran along Pinfold Lane (modern Park Street) and corresponded to the backs of burgage plots in New Street. 2 Annual perambulations of the parish took place by …
A History of the County of Stafford
… early 20th centuries. A soup kitchen was set up in Station Street in 1856 with money from the Burton town lands and from … almshouse. The women were to be 'honest, elderly widows or old maids', either from the town or from Stretton where … £100 to be invested for the maintenance of one poor old man in Burton. The beneficiary was to receive £5 a year; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… about 1200 when burgage plots were laid out in Horninglow Street westwards from 'the great bridge'. 2 It was probably … opened in 1890, which ran from the bridge to Green Street, replacing the stepping stones over the Fleet. 16 A … 1877, and B. S. Brundell, 31 Oct. 1881; W. Molyneux, The Old River Courses, and the Recent Floods of the Trent Valley …
A History of the County of Stafford
… its north end meadow called Sidehalh (later Sidelow), an Old English name meaning 'wide river meadow'. 19 In the 13th … of meadow on the west bank of the river, parallel to High Street, was so called by 1322. 11 It had been assigned in the … bank of the river in Burton Extra. John was permitted to fish with traps and nets in mid-stream along part of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A National school (for Anglicans) was opened in Horninglow Street in 1827, and by 1833 there were, besides the grammar … a schoolhouse was built next door in a similar style. The old school premises became a club room. 1 The new school … 145 boys and girls and 55 infants was opened in 1910; the old premises became a parish hall. The upper department of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… St. Andrew on an island in the Trent called Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt … had a tenement (possibly the earlier chamber) in High Street, provided by the lord of the manor, who was also … because 'attendance rarely reaches 20 and these are mostly old women from the almshouses'. 4 Again held on a Thursday …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Stretton village. 8 ROMAN PERIOD The Roman Ryknild Street ran diagonally through the later parish of Burton … the documentary source, however, is spurious. 11 Ryknild Street may have been crossed on the southern edge of Branston … was also tax-assessed land at Burton itself where Guild Street derives its name from land called 'the Gildeables' in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… lies on the west side of the river Trent, its long High Street running northwards from a market place next to the … in 1273. 2 The name means a toft belonging to Anlaf, the Old English form of the Scandinavian personal name Olafr, and … at Shobnall on its western boundary. The name is Old English and means a parcel of land ( halh) belonging to a …