Burton Abbey featured in the Domesday Book in 1086 where it appeared as the abbey of Saint Mary. It was recorded as also controlling lands…
By the early 1530s the abbot was paying procurement fees to the bishop for Burton, Abbots Bromley, and Mickleover as well as for Ilam and…
I was dumbfounded to first learn of the sheer scale of Burton Abbey which occupied a 14 acre site. I remain amazed that I could…
There were 38 Abbots of Burton (although not to be caught out as with American Presidents, this includes one Abbot who served two non-consecutive terms…
Christianity was introduced to Mercia, one of the Kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchies, in 653 AD. A monastery was founded at its capital, Repton. Soon…
The abbey precincts occupied an area bounded on the east by the River Trent and on the west by the present High Street and Lichfield…
Burton Abbey was founded as a Benedictine abbey in 1002 by Wulfric Spot, the extremely wealthy earl of Mercia thought to be a descendent of…
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…
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…
The 10th March, 1322 was not a great for Burton; it came under heavy attack and much of it was destroyed. Even so, it is…