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About Burton upon Trent
Burton-upon-Trent is a well-built
and flourishing market town, celebrated for its ale,
and pleasantly situated on the west bank of the River
Trent, which divides it from Derbyshire, and in three
places separates into two streams, and insulates three
tracts of large meadows. In the northern part of the
town a broad expansion of the river is crossed by
a venerable stone bridge of 36 arches, very narrow
but over 300 yards in length. The Birmingham &
Derby portion of the Midland Railway has a commodious
station on the west side of the town. Further to the
west the Trent & Mersey canal traverses the fine
open vale, and sends a branch to the river, at the
south end of the town, where there are several extensive
wharfs. Burton is eleven miles SW of Derby, twelve
miles NE of Lichfield and twenty-four miles E of Stafford.
It is the head of a County Court district, a large
poor law union, a polling district, and a petty sessional
division.
The parish of Burton-upon-Trent comprises the five
townships of Burton, Burton-Extra, Branstone, Horninglow,
and Stretton, in the north division of Offlow Hundred,
and also Winshill and part of Stapenhill, which are
in Derbyshire. It comprises about 10,000 acres of
land and 8136 souls. The Marquis of Anglesey is lord
of the manor and owner of most of the soil, but there
are in the town a great many freehold houses and premises.
The east and west sides of the parish are rather hilly,
and have a strong red, marly soil, well suited for
the growth of barley, wheat, etc, the rest is a fine
champaign district, forming rich, loamy pastures,
which in rainy seasons, are often flooded by the waters
of the Trent and Dove, the latter of which bounds
the parish on the north.
The town of Burton extends into Burton-Extra, or,
as it is sometimes called, Bond End, and includes
most of the population of that township. High Street
is more than 800 yards in length, and contains many
good houses, shops, inns, etc, and is now well flagged
and paved. At the south end of High Street is the
Market place and Town Hall, whence Lichfield Street
extends southwards to the wharfs. The other principal
streets are Horninglow Street, New Street, Station
Street, Bridge Street, and Anderstaff Lane. Some of
the breweries, with their large malt-houses, are very
extensive establishments, and here are also two large
iron foundries and machine works. The market is held
every Thursday, chiefly under and around the Town
Hall, under a charter granted by King John, and the
trade in corn, especially barley, is extensive. There
are four annual fairs, for horses, cattle, etc, held
on Candlemas Day, April 5th, Holy Thursday, and October
29th. The latter, on the feast of St Modwen, is famous
for cheese and colts. A statute fair, for hiring servants,
is held on the Monday after Michaelmas Day.
Burton-Extra, or Bond End, comprises the southern
portion of the town, and the hamlet of Shobnall, distant
one mile W, and forming in monastic times the Abbey
Grange. The Abbey grounds, Back Street, Lion's Lane,
the Wharfs, and part of Lichfield Street are in this
township, which contains 1193 inhabitants and 932
acres.
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