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…
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…
In 1871, a serious fire swept through Rolleston Hall, which was undergoing major renovation at the time. It caused significant damage and at one point,…
Claymills Pumping Station is an excellent example of Victorian engineering and has buildings dating back to 1885. It was important in the development of Burton…
Tutbury Castle is an imposing medieval site in Staffordshire which had one very famous prisoner, Mary Queen of Scots. Whilst its history is said to…
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…
DRAKELOW AFTER THE GRESLEYSThe contents of Drakelow Hall were sold in July, 1931, and with the consent of the auctioneers I had the privilege as…
Transcription of above page: HISTORICAL NOTE. Drakelowe, the ancient seat of the still more ancient family of Gresley, is situated one mile from Burton-on-Trent, on…