Tutburyis a village andcivil parishinStaffordshire,England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north ofBurton upon Trentand 20 miles (32 km) south of thePeak District.The village has a population of about 3,076 residents. It adjoinsHattonto the north on the Staffordshire–Derbyshire border.
| Tutbury | |
|---|---|
 The Dog & Partridge | |
  Tutbury Location withinStaffordshire | |
| Population | 3,0762011 Census |
| OS grid reference | SK211285 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURTON-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode district | DE13 |
| Dialling code | 01283 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editTutbury is surrounded by the agricultural countryside of both Staffordshire andDerbyshire.The site has been inhabited for over 3,000 years, with Iron Age defensive ditches encircling the main defensive hill, upon which now stand the ruins of the Norman castle. These ditches can be seen most clearly at the Park Pale and at the top of the steep hills behind Park Lane.
The name Tutbury probably derives from aScandinaviansettler and subsequent chief of the hill-fort, Totta,burybeing a corruption ofburhthe Anglo-Saxon name for 'fortified place'.
Tutbury Castlebecame the headquarters ofHenry de Ferrersand was the centre of thewapentakeof Appletree, which includedDuffield Frith.With his wife Bertha, he endowedTutbury Priorywith two manors in about 1080. It would seem that Tutbury at that time was a dependency of theNormanabbey of St Pierre‑sur‑Dives.[1] St Mary's Church, Tutburywas used by the local population as well as the priory, and it possibly predates the priory itself. Quarries near Tutbury once producedNottingham alabaster,used for monumental carvings, and the priory church has a door with analabasterarch (circa 1160) that is the only such arch known in the country.[2]
One of the Royal Studs was established in the area round the castle byHenry VIIIbut had to be abandoned after theCivil War.[3]Mary, Queen of Scots,was imprisoned in Tutbury Castle in 1569.[4]
Until the 18th century, Tutbury was the site of an annualCourt of Minstrels.[5]There was even a "King of the Minstrels" and an annualTutbury bull run.
There are some fineGeorgianandRegencybuildings and the half-timbered Dog and Partridge Hotel. There are antique and craft shops in the village, some of which have been run by the same families for many years.
Tutbury and Hatton railway stationwas opened by theNorth Staffordshire Railwayon 11 September 1848. It then closed during the 1960s but was reopened in 1989. It is on theCrewe to Derby Line.
Until 2006, Tutbury Crystal, a manufacturer of high-quality cut glass products, was based in the village. However, production was transferred toStoke-on-Trentas the existing factory was very old and was thought to be too small for the modern company's requirements. The old factory was demolished and flats were built on the site, but a factory shop still operates in the village. Despite this, the tourism trade survives thanks to the long history of the church and castle.
Media
editLocal news and television programmes are provided byBBC West MidlandsandITV Central.Television signals are received from theSutton ColdfieldTV transmitter.[6]
Local radio stations areBBC Radio DerbyandCapital Mid-Counties(formerlyTouch FM).
The town's local newspaper is theBurton Mail.
The Natural History of Tutbury,describing the fauna and flora of the district surrounding Tutbury and Burton on Trent, bySir Oswald Mosleyand Edwin Brown, was published in 1863.[7]
Tutbury was featured in theMost Hauntedspin-off seriesMost Haunted: Midsummer Murders,in which the team investigated a murder over hidden treasure.[citation needed]
Notable people
edit- William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby(died 1190), an English earl, lived inTutbury Castle,andRobert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby(1239–1279), one of his descendants, was born there.
- Ann Moore(1761–1813), the notorious "fasting-woman of Tutbury", claimed to have eaten nothing at all from 1807 to 1813, but her claims were eventually shown to be a hoax.
- Benjamin Brook(1776–1848), an English nonconformist minister and religious historian, was the first pastor of the congregational church at Tutbury in 1801.
- Walter Lyon(1841–1918), an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1861 and 1863, moved to Tutbury in 1865 with his younger brother Charles to take over the cotton mill, and died in Tutbury.
- John Henry Davies(c. 1864 in Tutbury – 1927), a wealthy British brewery owner who took overManchester United F.C.,then called Newton Heath, in 1902, was born in Tutbury.
- Thomas Richardson(1865–1923), a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1895, was born and died in Tutbury.
- George Harris(born 1877), an English footballer who played 71 professional games, became the landlord of a public house at Tutbury on retirement.
- Air Vice MarshalWilliam Staton,CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC & Bar (1898–1983), a British airman in World War I and later JapanesePoWin World War II and senior RAF officer, was born in Tutbury.
- Joseph Nelis(1917–1994), Belgian footballer, was born in Tutbury.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Marios Costambeys, 'Ferrers, Henry de (d. 1093x1 100)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 [ 61, accessed 28 Oct 2007]
- ^"CoPAA – Conservation of the Priory Alabaster Arch".St. Mary's Priory Church, Tutbury.Retrieved31 March2019.
- ^"Some Notes on Foundation Breeders and Early Running Horses".Thoroughbred Heritage.Retrieved6 October2011.
- ^Weir, Alison(2008) [2003].Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley.London, England: Random House. p. 484.ISBN978-0-09-952707-7.
- ^Mosley, Oswald, Sir.History of the Castle, Priory and Town of Tutbury, in the county of Stafford.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^"Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitter".UK Free TV.1 May 2004.Retrieved28 June2024.
- ^Mosley, Oswald; Brown, Edwin (1863).The Natural History of Tutbury.
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