Winshill

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.8350
longitude= -1.6210
official_name= Winshill
shire_district= East Staffordshire
shire_county=Staffordshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Burton
post_town= BURTON-ON-TRENT
postcode_district = DE15
postcode_area= DE
dial_code= 01283
os_grid_reference= SK267234
population=

Winshill is a suburb to the east of Burton upon Trent, in the borough of East Staffordshire, England.

Flanked to the north and east by the South Derbyshire border, historically the parish of Winshill had always been part of Derbyshire until it was transferred to Staffordshire in the late 1800s.

Along its southern flank runs the A511, known locally as the Ashby Road, from Bretby Lane and Moat Bank (Burton upon Trent's highest point) to the eastern end of the Trent Bridge and the junction with the A444.

Along its western flank are the River Trent and the B5008 Newton Road, which runs to Newton Solney and Repton in South Derbyshire.

The parish church in Winshill is St Mark's, part of the Diocese of Derby.

History

The name Winshill is Old English and means Wine's hill. [Place-Names of Derbyshire iii (E.P.N.S. xxix), 669.] There was a settlement here in the late 11th century when William I installed privileged tenants at Winshill. By this time there was a corn mill on the Winshill bank of the River Trent, and in the 14th century a fulling mill – which became a cotton mill in the late 18th century - was built on an island nearby. By the end of the 18th century the village was grouped around a green on the east side of the hill. The medieval Burton bridge crossed into Winshill at its east end, and the road to Ashby-de-la-Zouch then followed a line along Bearwood Hill Road and High Bank Road. A tollgate was placed near the foot of Bearwood Hill Road when it became a turnpike road in 1753. The Ashby Road was put onto a more direct line in the later 1830s and the tollgate was placed near Moat Bank.

Winshill was popular in the 19th century with prosperous citizens of Burton who built large houses like Bladon House, The Woodlands, Highfield House and Moat Bank on the higher ground overlooking the town. At the same time rows of houses were being built for brewery workers on Bearwood Hill, Ashby Road and Alexandra Road. A school was opened at the north end of the village in 1846, and a Methodist chapel opened in 1845. The church of St Mark's was built in 1869, on a prominent site on the top of the hill overlooking the developing village. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=12371 British History Online "Winshill: Introduction." A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX, Nigel J. Tringham (Editor) (2003)] ]

In 1921 the Board of Education purchased "The Woodlands" property to provide a new campus for Burton Girls High School. This became incorporated into the comprehensive Abbot Beyne School in 1975.

Commerce

Pubs in Winshill include:

*The Anglesey,
*The Jubilee,
*The Nelson (closed),
*The Sump,
*The Swan (closed),
*The Traveller's Rest (closed and being demolished April '08), and
*The Waterloo.

Former residents

*First World War hero William Harold Coltman VC, DCM and Bar, MM and Bar, is buried in the graveyard of the Winshill parish church of St Mark's.
*The actor, director and musician Paddy Considine was born and raised in Winshill, attending Abbot Beyne Secondary School. He still lives in the Burton area.

References

=Local

External links

* [http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/ East Staffordshire Borough Council]
* [http://www.winshill.com/ Winshill Parish Council]
* [http://www.burton-on-trent.net/?CategoryID=15 Winshill Community Forum]

geocompass
hub = Winshill
type = ex
NN =
NW = Horninglow, Rolleston-on-Dove, Stretton
NE = Newton Solney, Repton
WW = Burton upon Trent
EE = Bretby
SW = Branston, Stapenhill
SS = Stanton
SE = Midway, Newhall, Swadlincote