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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, … red brick but there are at least 8 houses which are wholly or in part timber-framed. In general these are rectangular … Warda, who appears as claiming a knight's fee in Burton in or before 1177, 15 may have been an under-tenant holding land …
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 … court is held every third Friday before the steward, or his deputy, for the recovery of debts not exceeding 40 s. … and endowed in 1634, by Ellen Parker, for six widows or maidens; and there are some others, founded in 1591 for …
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
… and included two almshouses for women. Unendowed irregular or annual charity also became a significant source of welfare … Paget gave £5 but by the 1770s the sum had risen to £90 or £100 which was distributed in cash, beef, and bread to the … early 20th centuries. A soup kitchen was set up in Station Street in 1856 with money from the Burton town lands and from …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Wetmore brook in the late 16th century and as Back water or Wetmore water in the later 18th century, 3 rejoined the … about 1200 when burgage plots were laid out in Horninglow Street westwards from 'the great bridge'. 2 It was probably built of stone, or at least had stone footings, although the first surviving …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a horse stud with 70 mares and foals, possibly a survival (or revival) of one established after Wulfric Spot bequeathed … 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 … 12th century, but it is uncertain whether they were open or not. 17 Some of the land may have lain in a field called …
A History of the County of Stafford
… boys in reading and writing English; possibly the usher or under-master at the grammar school took some pupils for … A National school (for Anglicans) was opened in Horninglow Street in 1827, and by 1833 there were, besides the grammar … school, for which Allsopp's boys' school became the lower or preparatory department. It was given new premises on the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… chronologically, place Modwen variously in the 5th, 7th, or 9th centuries, and there is no evidence that Modwen ever … at Burton by the early 11th century when Conchubran (or Conchobhar), an itinerant Irishman searching for materials … had a tenement (possibly the earlier chamber) in High Street, provided by the lord of the manor, who was also …
A History of the County of Stafford
… to have been a ceremonial complex of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. 5 There is, however, no direct evidence … of Stretton village. 8 ROMAN PERIOD The Roman Ryknild Street ran diagonally through the later parish of Burton … was possibly of Celtic origin, dating from the 1st or early 2nd century. 14 Elsewhere in the Burton area, there …
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 … of New Street and Cat Street had either been abandoned or had never been built on. Although there were no defensive … at the west end of the street had either been abandoned, or perhaps had never been built on: several contained selions …