Burton on Trent Grammar School Links:

Your Photos (and High School Photos)  are held in  the Litchfield Record Office (The Friary, Lichfield WS13 6QG. (01543 510720)  e-mail (lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk)  You can request copies or make your own scans. Either way, you will have to go in and identify the material you want. For this, you need to make an appointment – just phone up a few days in advance - but bring identification which includes your address. If you are scanning, or requesting a scan, ask for at least 400dpi  or possibly more - if the original photo is of high quality, the detail which you will be able to see will amaze. The most useful materials are: 1)  For the Grammar School - a number of tomes, each for a given year, which contain all Form Photos for the given year. There are also copious amounts of rugby, swimming, cricket, etc. photos. 2) For the High School - a number of  3 to 4 ft. rolls of the whole school for the given year. The resolution is excellent, but they are difficult to unroll and have to be scanned in pieces. See Burton Archives' Listing for a detailed listing of the materials held.  Please send a copy, as large as you like to grammar.school@burton-on-trent.org  and it will be uploaded with due credit. FriendsReunited has many Old Boys and they are directly contactable by e-mail - if you join up for £5. Also has section for Girls' High School and many of the Junior Schools around Burton. http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk

Burton Institutions

Abbot Beyne. http://abbotbeyne.net   
Burton Rugby Club: http://www.burtonrugbyclub.co.uk/ includes the Vic Roebuck Suite
Burton Albion: two excellent unofficial and one official http://www.brewersnet.com/ www.burtonalbion-mad.co.uk/ , http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/
Burton College http://www.burton-college.ac.uk/  
Burton Mail. http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/index.htm.
Burton (Derbyshire) Cricket http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/366.html All the matches played on Ind Coope's Belvedere Rd. ground.
Burton Hockey Club  http://www.burtonhockeyclub.org.uk/
Burton Tennis League  http://www.burtontennis.com/
Burton Golf Club: http://www.burtongolfclub.co.uk/
Borough Council: http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk  Much improved and useful. The tourism section is still awful. A disgrace.  Compare it with, say, tiny little Tutbury or Hartshorn.
Burton Photographic Society: http://www.burtonps.co.uk  Good active society.
Burton Oddfellows (Friendly Society)  http://www.oddfellows.co.uk/branch/?page_id=3&branch=10008 
Burton Natural History & Archaelogical Society  http://www.bnhas.org.uk/ Excellent and up-to-date.

Burton History

Burton Photographic Gallery: http://www.burton2000.co.uk/  Arthur Roe's present-day and historic picture galleries.
Pubs and Streets of Burton:  http://www.biffo.net/history/history.htm  Check if you lived in your own house. The pub still there?
Books on Burton: http://abebooks.com/ Enter “Burton on Trent” in keyword box.
History of Burton (Books) http://www.burton2000.org.uk/books/books.htm Mark Rowe's books on Burton. 
History of Burton. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/BurtonuponTrent/ Also histories of surrounding villages.
Burton Workhouse: http://rossbret.org.uk/pictures/burton_upon_trent_workhouse.htm  Ross Bret’s amazing site / hobby.
Burton Workhouse: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/BurtonUponTrent/Burton.shtml Even better  site + maps from Peter Higgenbotham.
Map of Burton, 1888. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Type in Burton upon Trent. But see also this site's Burton Map Pages .
Burton Architecture: English Heritage / National Monuments provides individual photos and descriptions of important buildings
Brewing Industry. Owen, C.C., 1978, "Burton upon Trent: The Development of Industry", Phillimore, Chichester. covers the development of brewing, iron working, textiles and other industries in the Burton area.
Burton On-Line Archives: UK Archives is increasingly placing archives on line - from local and family history to the Magna Carta
The British Survey of Burton on Trent http://www.britishsurvey.org/East_Staffordshire .Astonishing resource: see the ethnic divides, the impact of the hospital on employment, check where the posh areas are, endless..
Burton Oral History: http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/community/resources/landshapes/  No19 is Burton

Other Burton Links:

http://www.burton2000.co.uk/  First class Burton web-site.
http://www.biffo.net/ Good local site. Good set of community links. Excellent pub and street directories.
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=burton+on+trent&new=1&source=searchresults Photos in and around Burton
http://www.burton-on-trent.com/ See how badly designed  a site can get - but there is an excellent photo gallery.
http://www.coorsvisitorcentre.com What used to be the Bass Museum.
However, Coors have sponsered http://www.victorian-britain.co.uk/ - Burton in 1881 - which is quite good, if technically somewhat dated.
http://www.nationalforest.org/index.html The National Forest - lots of information, but a bit messy.

                                                          Villages Around Burton
Tutbury Local History Carolyn Lees' superb web-site. Literally, worth her weight in gold - to Tutbury.
http://winshill.com/index.htm Winshill Parish Council - good start, but will they update/develop  the site?
http://www.rolleston-on-dove.freeserve.co.uk/ Rolleston
http://hartshorne.org.uk/index.htm Hartshorn: another excellent local site
http://www.willington-derbys.org.uk Dave Harris putting Willington on the map
http://www.etwall.org Etwall from Jason Hearn
http://www.egginton.org.uk Jim Gardner. Well designed and with an excellent History Trail..makes Egginton worth visiting.
. The Carey Family's Barton/Walton / Tatenhill web site.
http://www.barton-under-needwood.org.uk/ Jeff Pattison's first-class, comprehensive,  informative Barton website - v. impressive timeline - shame about being colour blind
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/ Superb,  if colour and design blind,  site. Contains Derbyshire villages around Burton- Newton Solney, Melbourne, etc.
For the true enthusiast,  GB Historical Geographical Information System (GIS) is being developed with on-line access through a number of sites. http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/aboutthegbhistoricalgis/on-lineaccess. And if you don't have it yet get download Google Earth .

BURTON‑ON‑TRENT SPORTS BOOKS:

Smith, E. P., Burton and District Football Association Centenary, 100 Years of Local Football (Burton‑on‑Trent: Burton and District Football Association, 1971).
Burton‑on‑Trent and District Football Association, Challenge Cup Centenary History, 1881‑1981 (Burton‑on‑Trent: Burton‑on‑Trent and District Football Association, 1981), 176pp.
Hardy, D., Burton All Saints and Burton Town F.C., 1919‑ 1940. A Brief History (Burton‑on‑Trent: The Author, 1996), 32pp.
Page, R., Wellington Street to Wembley: Burton Albion the Complete History 1950‑1990 (Burton‑on‑Trent: The Author, 1990), 80pp.
Pennington, J. R., Burton‑on‑Trent FC: 70th Season 1870‑ 1940 (Burton‑on‑Trent: Burton‑on‑Trent FC, 1939), 14pp.
Setford, J., Burton United: Lest They Forget (Burton‑ on‑Trent: The Author, 1989), 12pp.
Bullock, W. H., Bowls History, 13th to 20th Century­­ (Burton‑upon‑Trent: A. E. Jones and Son, 1972) (contains a history of Burton Bowls Club).
Wragg, R., `Burton‑on‑Trent Golf Club', Derbyshire Life and Countryside, 34, 8 (1969), 36‑38.
Pretty, H., `On Looking Back', Derbyshire Countryside (December 1959), 18‑19.
Neale, D., `Burton Leander Rowing Club', Staffordshire Magazine, 6, 2 (1977), 35.
Wain, H. J., `The Burton Races', Burton Observer (20 February 1936).
Burton Rugby Union Football Club Centenary Leaflet (Burton‑on‑Trent: Burton Rugby Union Football Club, 1973), 8pp.
Hoare, D., `Burton Rugby Football Club', Staffordshire Life (August 1952), 24‑5.
Thanks to Sports History in UMIST