Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,270. The demonym for residents of the town is Burtonian.
The only paid-for title in Burton-on-Trent, the Mail has been established for more than a century, and prints news from the town and its surrounding area. Burton Mail is part of Staffordshire Newspapers Limited, a media group which encompasses two daily newspapers, five weekly newspapers, and a selection of magazine titles. The Burton Mail is ...
Get the Burton upon Trent, England local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Thornewill and Warham Ltd was a metal hardware and industrial metalwork manufacturer, later an engineering company, based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.Under different names it traded from 1740 until 1929, becoming a notable producer of steam engines and railway locomotives.
It is situated on the northern outskirts of Burton upon Trent and is now a suburb. The name is Old English and means Street Town derived from its location on the Roman road called Ryknild Street. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 8,355, [2] increasing to 8,611 at the 2011 Census.
In 1827, Burton Cricket Club was formed through the influence of Abraham Bass, son of brewer Michael Bass. Bass was known as the father of Midland cricket and was a member of the Northern Counties team which played against the M.C.C. at Burton in 1841. [7] In the heyday of brewing in Burton, many brewery companies had their own cricket teams.
The National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum of Brewing and later the Coors Visitor Center) was a museum and tourist attraction adjacent to the Bass Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The centre celebrated the brewing heritage of Burton and
The Statutes Fair is a funfair held for two days in the streets of Burton upon Trent. It begins on the first Monday after Michaelmas, [1] meaning it usually starts in early October. In modern times it is held in the market place and the nearby streets, including High Street, Lichfield Street and New Street.