The Old Rectory, Burton Author: Chris Bennett This article explores the history of The Old Rectory, formerly Nettleton Rectory, occasionally known as ‘Bryanston’, but touches also on the adjacent St. Mary’s Church and The Coach House, known to be linked to the Rectory estate. The information was commissioned by Read more
The Albatross at Burton blog by Ian Wilson Unlikely as it may seem, Burton was once host to an airliner for a while, when a de Havilland Albatross named Fingal was stored at the garage following a forced landing at Pucklechurch. The Albatross was a 22-seat airliner which had entered Read more
Walk: Burton – Lugbury Long Barrow Distance: approx. 6km Duration: approx. 1.5 hrs Elevation: 131m max, 92m min. Accessibility: route includes rough surfaces including deep ruts, steep bridleway, unmade paths. In wet weather expect deep muddy sections. Continuing our step back in time, we take you on a walk to Read more
Photographic Views of Burton Author: Chris Bennett This blog takes a look at landscape views of the village from a pair of photographs dating to around the 1930s. West End, Burton The properties shown are: This area is now part of the housing development Toll Down Way. Hillside and The Read more
The Farms of Burton Author: Chris Bennett The origins of farming in Burton are not clearly known in detail, but we can expect they date back several hundreds of years. The land surrounding Burton may well have been a part of the much larger Castle Combe Estate which has swathes Read more
Cecil James Packer (1910–47) & Burton Garage Author: Chris Bennett This article will primarily focus on providing some information on a couple of photographs which have been circulating around the village for a number of years. They provide an unusual scene but perhaps when you read further into this article Read more
The Shops of Burton Author: Chris Bennett This article will focus on the number and variety of shops that were trading in the village of Burton, and as we will see, there have been quite a variety, perhaps the norm in such rural areas, as the majority of local villagers Read more
Burton History: The Old Plume Author: Chris Bennett Introduction The Bugle has been running a series of articles on the history of Burton, with a specific focus on villagers’ oral histories. Here, we feature The Plume of Feathers public house, now the residential property, The Old Plume. The Old Plume, Read more
Walk: the shrine of Apollo Last time in our Burton history blog, we discussed sites of archaeological interest. All of which are within walking distance of the village. This being so, we now take you on a journey back in time to explore what remains of our Roman past. Today, Read more
Neolithic, Roman and Saxon remains in the Burton area The many examples of ancient ditches, enclosures and trackways found in and around Burton, suggest this has been a favoured area for settlement since neolithic times. Significant finds include side ditches uncovered during a 1998 excavation of the Nettleton-Grittleton section of the Fosseway. The Read more