THE GRESLEYS OF NETHERSEALEThe Manor of Seale was purchased from Sir George Gresley by Gilbert Morewood, a London merchant and friend of Sir John Moore,…
Old Station (1839) Burton’s first railway station was opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to…
The Sinai Park site, due to its elevated strategic position, has a history dating back to Roman times and before. The hilltop site enjoyed commanding…
General Town 1921 View From South West #1 1921 View From South West #2 1921 High Street and Malthouses 1921 Horninglow Street #1 1921 Horninglow…
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…
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…