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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Burton upon Trent. You may be able to find further references to Burton upon Trent in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source | BURTON-EXTRA | a township | Imperial | BURTON-UPON-TRENT | a township, a town, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district | Imperial |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Burton upon Trent.
Place | Type of entry | Source | BRANSTONE, or Branson | a township | Imperial | STRETTON | a township-chapelry | Imperial | Stretton cum Wetmoor | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Burton upon Trent within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | Daniel Defoe | Letter 8, Part 1: The Trent Valley | 4 | Karl Moritz | Chapter 11: Oxford to Derbyshire | 4 | William Camden | Worcestershire and Staffordshire | 3 | Thomas Pennant | Wybunbury to Darlaston | 3 | Daniel Defoe | Appendix to the second volume | 2 | William Camden | Nottinghamshire, Derby and Warwick | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 1 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Staffordshire | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Stapenhill | 0 | 2 |
Winshill | 0 | 2 |
Horninglow | 0 | 2 |
Stretton | 0 | 3 |
Stanton | 0 | 2 |
Branston | 0 | 2 |
Drakelow | 0 | 2 |
Newton Solney | 0 | 2 |
Newhall | 0 | 2 |
Bretby | 0 | 1 |
Rolleston | 0 | 2 |
Swadlincote | 0 | 2 |
Gresley | 0 | 1 |
Egginton | 0 | 2 |
Caldwell | 0 | 2 |
Castle Gresley | 1 | 2 |
Anslow | 0 | 2 |
Church Gresley | 0 | 2 |
Linton | 0 | 2 |
Walton upon Trent | 0 | 2 |