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"Burnaston, township, Etwall par., in S. of co. and 4 miles SW. of Derby, 983 ac., pop. 171; contains Burnaston House."

From: John BARTHOLOMEW's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887).

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Note: There is also a place called "Burniston" in Yorkshire. Make sure that you are reseaching the correct place.

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Archives & Libraries

Miss CREWE established a reading room here prior to 1895 which had 500 volumes as a lending library.

The Derby City Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Repton sub-district of the Burton on Trent Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1861R.G. 9 / 1960
1891R.G. 12 / 2197
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Church History

  • A small Anglican chapel of ease was erected here in 1839. This was later occupied by the Primitive Methodists. The building is now the Village Hall.
     
  • The Anglican chapel of ease was served by the parent church at Etwall.
     
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Church Records

  • Search the Anglican parish register at Etwall for your ancestors.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Longford.
     
  • A Primitive Methodist Chapel existed here in 1895.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Repton sub-district of the Burton on Trent Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"BURNASTON, a township in the parish of Etwall, hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 5 miles to the S.W. of Derby. The North Staffordshire and South Staffordshire railways pass near it."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]

Burnaston is dominated by the large Toyota car manufacturing plant in the parish.

J. HANNAN-BRIGGS has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2013.

John POYSER has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2007. You should stop in and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.

You can see pictures of Burnaston which are provided by:

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Directories

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History

  • This parish was primarily farmland for centuries until the Toyota plant was built.
     
  • There is a good history of the parish at the Burnaston Parish Council site.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK292315 (Lat/Lon: 52.88058, -1.567722), Burnaston which are provided by:

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Military History

  • A municipal airport was opened just south of the village in 1938, but was taken over during World War II for military training purposes.
     
  • After the war, the airfield reverted to civilian use.
     
  • The field was used until March, 1990, when the site became a Toyota car manufacturing plant.
     
  • J. THOMAS has a photograph of the War Memorial on the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016.
     
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Military Records

These are the names on the Village Hall War Memorial Plaque:

  1. Pte. ERNEST ARTHUR ARCHER, Sherwood Foresters
  2. Pte. TOM HENRY W. ARCHER, Sherwood Foresters
  3. Pte. WILLIAM LABAN, Derbyshire Yeomanry
  4. Pte. JOSEPH STATHAM, Sherwood Foresters
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Names, Geographical

  • Burnaston appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Bernulfestun".
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township in Etwall parish, Derbyshire, and was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • In April, 1968, this Civil Parish was enlarged by 284 acres with the abolution of Mickleover Civil Parish.
     
  • You may contact the Burnaston Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
     
  • District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Derby petty session hearings.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish joined the Burton upon Trent Poorlaw Union.
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Population

YearInhabitants
1801117
1841135
1851152
1871163
1881171
1891222
1901219
1911239
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Schools

Around 1833, Burnaston had a Day School with 9 pupils and a Sunday School with 13 pupils.

A Parochial School (mixed and infants) was built here in 1870 for 175 students.