Hoar Cross Hall – Home of the Ingram Family since the early 17th century Select page to view: General History
Hoar Cross Hall was, from the early 17th century, the second seat of the Ingram family whose principal residence was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire. In…
The Rolleston Hall site has been home to a significant residence since at least the early reign of King Henry III in the early thirteenth…
The Rolleston Hall site has been home to a significant residence since at least the early reign of King Henry III in the early thirteenth…
Though many will be able to remember the old railway station on the site of the current one, this was not the original Burton station.…
The map from 1913 shows how responsibility of the line was shared between the Great Northern, London and North Western, Midland and North Staffordshire railway…
Edward Wightman of Burton-on-Trent was the last person to be executed by burning at the stake for heresy in England in 1612. Early Life Edward…
Bass, founded by William Bass in 1777, is one of the most successful brewing companies of all time. When the London Stock Exchange established the…
Though I can’t confess to being much of a fan myself, Laurence Stephen Lowry is one of Britain’s best loved and most famous painters, best…
Burton in the English Civil War The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I (pictured) raised his royal standard in Nottingham. England was…