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A History of the County of Stafford
… being culverted it turned northwards near the end of Moor Street and flowed along the west side of the town, joining … arm of the river Trent at Wetmore. 1 It is met near Moor Street by a stream which flows north from Branston and whose … Black pool in the 13th century gave its name to a modern street. 3 Census, 1871. Below, established church. Below, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Sunni, was opened in 1975 in a converted house in Byrkley Street. 18 It was replaced in 1977 by a mosque in Princess Street, the fifth purposebuilt mosque in the country. That … with minaret and dome. The former board school in Uxbridge Street was converted into a mosque in 1994, and is also …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Melburne the right to extend the borough in Horninglow Street. 11 The burgesses were to hold by burgage tenure at 12 … was replaced in 1839 by one on the east side of Horninglow Street beyond Hawkins Lane, built to a design of Henry … day (21 December) in a house on the west side of High Street, known by 1631 as the Town House. 13 The feoffees …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1635 by Ellen Parker, the founder of an almshouse in High Street. 11 The grounds were let in the early 18th century to … from south-east in 1790s By 1888 the tenant was a New Street brewer, John Allen Bindley, whose initials and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at Burton mills in 1789 and registered a house in New Street for Particular Baptists in 1790. By 1792 the church … opened a chapel on the south side of Cat (later Station) Street in 1803; enlarged by the addition of a Grecian portico … illustrated in R. Lewis, Staffs. Churches and Chapels in Old Picture Postcards (Nottingham, 1996), no. 57. Burton …
A History of the County of Stafford
… along the western edge of the town, across the end of Cat Street. 9 It was being used as a drain by the mid 16th … Horninglow Street and west arm of the Trent, replacing the old line of Branston brook. 1 In the later 1850s there were … about river pollution and the consequent death of fish. 2 The commissioners believed that the pollution was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at the parish church with 'little singing cakes after the old popish fashion'. 6 He fled to the Continent in 1583 after … to celebrate mass there. He is said to have used first an old malthouse at the back of the Crown inn, High Street, and then a cottage at the back of the Old White Lion …
A History of the County of Stafford
… baiting in 1792. Baiting apparently last took place in New Street in the earlier 19th century. 12 Fighting cocks were … for workers at Ind Coope in 1949). 16 Members had to fish in pools in the Burton area before fish returned to the … p. 3; G. Sowerby and R. Farman, Second Collection. More Old Postcards of Burton upon Trent (Burton, 1984), 84. A. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the line of the Roman Watling-street, and intersected by the Ashby-de-laZouch canal. It … a still more ancient foundation; one of the chapels of the old church is still existing. There are some remains of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a modern building incorporating a considerable quantity of old materials and fittings from demolished buildings in the … fireplaces, ceiling-beams and panelling came from the Old Court Farm at Batcombe. Other stonework details came from … S. of (10), was built early in the 18th century. a(12) Old Dairy House, opposite (11), retains some original …