Burton upon Trent, England. Sketches, history
Burton upon Trent, England. Sketches, history, Trent & Mersey Canal, Current Town Hall, St Paul's Church, Drakelowe Hall, medieval, Sinai Park - 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 views over the Trent Valley in both directions making it an ideal outpost being mid-way on a day’s march from Derby to Lichfield. The Saxons also used the location as a stronghold and, in medieval times, the fortified manor of the de Schobenhale family, dominated the area. A large house preceded the existing one but the most evident feature from this period is the 14th Century moat, dated by one source to 1334, which pre-dates the house and has special importance. The de Schobenhales gave Sinai Park to the monks of Burton Abbey in 1004. At the time, this was one of the most significant monastic seats in England. In 1334, Abbot William Bromley of Burton Abbey gave five days indulgence from the bloodletting at Schobenhale Park with increased allowance of bread and beer for convalescence and recuperation. The origin of ‘Sinai’ is thought to be ‘saignée’, the French word for bloodletting and nothing to do with the Biblical ‘Mount Sinai’ due to its elevation. On a 1410 map, it is however, marked as ‘Seyne Park’..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/surviving/sinai-park Trent & Mersey Canal - This cross-country canal takes in the best of what the North Midlands has to offer, with stunning views over the Cheshire Plain...... https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/trent-and-mersey-canal Current Town Hall - The Burton Municipal Borough Council was formed in 1878 and initially used the old Town Hall which stood in the Market Place. This building was however, unserviceable and was demolished in 1883, leaving Council meetings to be conducted in the back room of the nearby Angel public house! In 1891, Lord Burton offered the Saint Paul’s Institute and the Liberal Club buildings to the Borough as a much needed Town Hall. It is shown below with various stages of development around it..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/surviving/townhall/townhall3 St Paul's Church - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s,_Burton_upon_Trent Drakelowe Hall - Drakelow is first recorded as Dracan Hlawe in a grant of land made by King Edward in 942 A.D. The place-name means “Dragon’s Mound”, indicating a burial place with a guardian spirit. No trace of an early burial was found until January, 1962, when workmen with a mechanical digger were excavating gravel to make concrete for the construction of ‘C’ power station. The site was in an orchard adjoining the former Warren Farmhouse and the “find” consisted of a small jar or bowl, globular in shape, with a base diameter of one and a half inches, and a height of two and a half inches. Made of well-fired grey-brown ware, it had a stamped decoration of horse shoes around the neck with incised chevrons and square stamps enclosing a cross on the body. This small pot is a good example of a vessel containing a votive offering and is usually associated with a skeleton, but of the latter there was no trace. The date of this vessel has been fixed at c550 A.D. and it is an interesting example of Friesian-Anglo-Saxon design. It is now in Derby Museum. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, Drake-low was held by an Anglo-Saxon named Elric..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/index.php?s=Drakelowe+Hall #Burton_upon_Trent #England #Sketches #history #Trent_and_Mersey_Canal #Current_Town_Hall #StPaulsChurch #Drakelowe #Hall #medieval
Burton upon Trent, England. Sketches, history, Trent & Mersey Canal, Current Town Hall, St Paul's Church, Drakelowe Hall, medieval, Sinai Park - 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 views over the Trent Valley in both directions making it an ideal outpost being mid-way on a day’s march from Derby to Lichfield. The Saxons also used the location as a stronghold and, in medieval times, the fortified manor of the de Schobenhale family, dominated the area. A large house preceded the existing one but the most evident feature from this period is the 14th Century moat, dated by one source to 1334, which pre-dates the house and has special importance. The de Schobenhales gave Sinai Park to the monks of Burton Abbey in 1004. At the time, this was one of the most significant monastic seats in England. In 1334, Abbot William Bromley of Burton Abbey gave five days indulgence from the bloodletting at Schobenhale Park with increased allowance of bread and beer for convalescence and recuperation. The origin of ‘Sinai’ is thought to be ‘saignée’, the French word for bloodletting and nothing to do with the Biblical ‘Mount Sinai’ due to its elevation. On a 1410 map, it is however, marked as ‘Seyne Park’..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/surviving/sinai-park Trent & Mersey Canal - This cross-country canal takes in the best of what the North Midlands has to offer, with stunning views over the Cheshire Plain...... https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/trent-and-mersey-canal Current Town Hall - The Burton Municipal Borough Council was formed in 1878 and initially used the old Town Hall which stood in the Market Place. This building was however, unserviceable and was demolished in 1883, leaving Council meetings to be conducted in the back room of the nearby Angel public house! In 1891, Lord Burton offered the Saint Paul’s Institute and the Liberal Club buildings to the Borough as a much needed Town Hall. It is shown below with various stages of development around it..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/category/surviving/townhall/townhall3 St Paul's Church - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s,_Burton_upon_Trent Drakelowe Hall - Drakelow is first recorded as Dracan Hlawe in a grant of land made by King Edward in 942 A.D. The place-name means “Dragon’s Mound”, indicating a burial place with a guardian spirit. No trace of an early burial was found until January, 1962, when workmen with a mechanical digger were excavating gravel to make concrete for the construction of ‘C’ power station. The site was in an orchard adjoining the former Warren Farmhouse and the “find” consisted of a small jar or bowl, globular in shape, with a base diameter of one and a half inches, and a height of two and a half inches. Made of well-fired grey-brown ware, it had a stamped decoration of horse shoes around the neck with incised chevrons and square stamps enclosing a cross on the body. This small pot is a good example of a vessel containing a votive offering and is usually associated with a skeleton, but of the latter there was no trace. The date of this vessel has been fixed at c550 A.D. and it is an interesting example of Friesian-Anglo-Saxon design. It is now in Derby Museum. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, Drake-low was held by an Anglo-Saxon named Elric..... http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/index.php?s=Drakelowe+Hall #Burton_upon_Trent #England #Sketches #history #Trent_and_Mersey_Canal #Current_Town_Hall #StPaulsChurch #Drakelowe #Hall #medieval