Branston, Staffordshire
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Branston is a parish of the town Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. At the 2001 census, the population was 6,540, increasing to 6,749 at the 2011 Census.
The Bridge Inn at Branston
Office block built for the National Machine Gun Factory
Burton Abbey
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Burton Abbey at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England, was founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwenna. It was refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by the thegn Wulfric Spott.
Branston, Staffordshire
…its proximity to a ford. In 942, King Edmund granted an estate at Branston to Wulfsige the Black, possibly an ancestor of Wulfric Spot, the founder of Burton Abbey, and in 1066 it was held by Godgifu (Lady Godiva), the widow of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. By the later 18th century, the village stood at the east end…
Charter of Æthelred the Unready to Burton Abbey, confirmation of the will of Wulfric Spot, AD 1004
Etching of Burton Abbey church by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1661
Croyland Abbey & Parish Church of Crowland