In Brief The Old Town Hall built in 1772, situated in the market place, was finally demolished in 1883. Burton Borough Council, formed in 1878,…
The Andresey Bridge was built in 1884 by Thornewill & Warham Engineering Limited, the same company that was to build the Ferry Bridge five years…
On 12th April, 1200, King John, son of Henry II, younger brother of Richard I (Lionheart) probably most famous for being forced to sign the…
Yes, you read that right! In the 1920s and early 1930s, Stapenhill House opened the ‘Stapenhill Zoological Pleasure Garden’ within its grounds, a section that…
Saint Paul’s Church was opened in 1874 next to the Town Hall and the rectangular space that had the two buildings on two of its…
A replacement Town Hall was built in 1771-2 on the same market place site as the original medieval Leet Hall. It was paid for by…
The Parish Church of Saint Mark is a Grade two listed building in Winshill, a suburb of Burton on Trent which lies on the South…
A competition for architectural designs was launched in May 1880, with one of its terms being the inclusion of an ornamental design connected with the…
It is easy to overlook the clock in the Market Hall other than to check the time to see if it is correct. The clock…
Burton has a long history of barrel rolling competitions with the first one held on 5th May 1933. This involved twelve men representing different breweries…