A new magistrates’ court and police station were designed by local architect, Henry Beck and built by local builder, Richard Kershaw. It opened in Horninglow…
Borough magistrates were first empanelled in 1887, meeting weekly in the same place as the petty sessions’ justices but on a different day. A new…
Court 1 The very impressive Magistrate’s chair with Baroque styling based on the design of the Old Bailey. It is very easy to imagine a…
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In 1629, the county Justice of the Peace, who was appointed by means of a commisssion to ‘keep the peace’, appointed Constables. Constables in turn…
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FORMS OF PUNISHMENT Gallows and Instruments of Punishment There is recorded to have been a gallows on Burton meadow dating back to 1012 – before…
The idea of a new ‘more fitting’ Fire Station to replace the one in Union Street was first raised with the Borough Council in 1900.…
Burton Fire Brigade was transferred from New Street to Moor Street in 1973. The new station was opened on 6th June by the Town Mayor,…
SHAND MASON – MERRYWEATHER STEAM FIRE ENGINE Whilst the steam Fire Engine had made its appearance in the early nineteenth century it was not until…