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A History of the County of Stafford
… it was ploughed up in 1738. 2 Stoney holme on the south-west side of the island was so called in 1286 when it was … parcels. 10 The Hay, a 14-a. stretch of meadow on the west bank of the river, parallel to High Street, was so … present Guild Street; Moor Mill Dam meadow along Branston brook on the west side of town; Goose moor beyond the west …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened under the 1873 Scheme in new premises on the west side of Princess Street, backing on to those of the … in 1827 at the corner of Horninglow Street and what became Brook Street. 17 It grew from 120 pupils in 1829 to 60 boys … in 1862 by one for boys, girls, and infants on the west side of Hawkins Lane. It was designed by G. E. Street in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 13th century. 20 The endowment of a monastery on the west bank of the Trent by Wulfric Spot, an Anglo-Saxon … when the abbey was dissolved in 1539. The laity used the west end of the nave of the abbey church for their services … one for the laity was probably at the first nave pier west of the crossing, 8 and services for the laity were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 By that date the main settlement was possibly on the west bank of the river, where a monastery was later … who rivalled Wulfric's family for influence in the West Midlands. 3 The royal grant of Horninglow to the abbey … especially by Lichfield, only 12 miles to the south-west and on a major road, unlike Burton. 6 Derby, 11 miles to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of settlement Growth of settlement Burton town lies on the west side of the river Trent, its long High Street running … the 12th and 13th centuries streets were laid out off the west side of High Street, the earliest being New Street which … Mosque (Princess St.) 12 Site of Salvation Army citadel (Brook St.) 13 Site of Christian Brethren Gospel hall 14 St. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Trent flows north between the Needwood plateau on the west and the South Derbyshire plateau on the east; the town centre lies on a terrace on the west side of the river at c. 152 ft. (46m.), only a few feet … the river from both east and west, notably Brizlincote brook in Stapenhill, Dale brook in Winshill, and Tatenhill …
A History of the County of Stafford
… triggered the decision in 1728 to convert a barn on the west side of Anderstaff Lane (later Wetmore Road) into a … place on St. Thomas's day (21 December) in a house on the west side of High Street, known by 1631 as the Town House. 13 … the road south from Branston village over the boundary brook. 24 There may also have been a gallows in the Middle …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the river Trent at the south end of the town, with its west front facing onto the market place. The east end of the … he was assigned a new house near the abbey gate on the west side of the precinct. 14 Wall, Gatehouse, and Grounds … living in a charnel house there. 15 The gatehouse on the west side of the precinct had large polygonal turrets with a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Street, from north New Street Baptist chapel from south-west General Baptists About 1823 General Baptist preachers … open in 2000. 10 BRETHREN A United Brethren chapel on the west side of Dale Street in existence by 1879 had closed by … were replaced in 1889 by a citadel on the south side of Brook Street designed by W. Dunford of Leytonstone (Essex). …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Branston, and Horninglow, as well as other places south-west of Burton. 18 No progress was made, however, until 1863 … running westwards from High Street and joining Branston brook just south of Horninglow Street; the brook then carried the waste into the west arm of the Trent at the north end of Anderstaff Lane. 14 …