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A History of the County of Stafford
… for the poor in Burton were founded between the late 16th and early 18th centuries and included two almshouses for women. Unendowed irregular or … annual gifts to the poor of Burton at Christmas: in 1639 and 1641 Lord Paget gave £5 but by the 1770s the sum had …
A History of the County of Stafford
… there was land at Burton for 2 ploughteams in demesne, and a further 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 villani. There were 16 a. of meadow, and woodland measured 1/2 league in both length and breadth. … to be owned by Allied Breweries in 1971. 14 Agricultural Societies The Burton and Stapenhill Farmers' Prize Society …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 16th century; it survived the dissolution of the abbey and remained the principal educational establishment in the … was founded under the will of Richard Allsopp (d. 1728), and there was probably further provision at least to educate … cultural activities (social and community groups: social clubs). Staffs. Advertiser, 9 Dec. 1871, p. 7. For rules see …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Established church ST. MODWEN AND HER CULT Modwen, an Irish abbess returning from a … cultural activities (social and community groups: social clubs). S.R.O., D. 4219/1/95; Rep. of Par. Work (1893), 4, … Association: below, social and cultural activities (social clubs). S.R.O., D. 4219/1/83, ff. [4, 7, 10-11, 14, 17v.]; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … and Winshill by private speculators but also by building societies. 1 Burton from the east c. 1840 The steady growth …
A History of the County of Stafford
… abbey. The abbey church was also used by the townspeople and so remained the main focus of the town. In the 12th and 13th centuries streets were laid out off the west side of … Most of the housing was built by speculators; building societies were also involved but they concentrated their …
A History of the County of Stafford
… had jurisdiction over the abbey's tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of Branston, Horninglow, Stapenhill, Stretton, and Winshill, all of which were tithings with their own … lying outside the borough) being renamed Burton Extra and the borough becoming Burton township. From the earlier …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 8 The precinct lay on the south side of the church, and the buildings followed the normal pattern for Benedictine houses with the dorter, frater, and chapter house around a cloister. 9 Part of a 14th-century … cultural activities (social and community groups: social clubs). 4 Vernacular Architecture, xxvii. 17. 5 Univ. Brit. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the town: Thomas Bakewell, ejected from Rolleston and briefly Boylston lecturer in Burton parish church; Henry … Daniel Shelmerdine, ejected from Barrow-on-Trent (Derb.); and Richard Swynfen, ejected from Mavesyn Ridware. 1 They … activities (social and community groups: political clubs). Burton Libr., D. 28/C/3/23, p. 91; D. 86/2/9, George …
A History of the County of Stafford
… into Burton. 12 Wells A 'common well' mentioned in 1632 and a 'common pump' mentioned in 1770 may also have been in … it from private wells. 14 The water was generally hard, and soft water from wells such as one at Bond End Farm had a … in the later 1950s had 109 adults. 10 Early Building Societies In 1851 the Burton Freehold Land Society, …