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Burton, is a town on the River Trent in East Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In 2011, it had a population of 72,299. The demonym for residents of the town is "Burtonian".

Burton Abbey was mentioned in Domesday book, where it was said to control lands in Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, and Mickleover, Winshill, Stapenhill, Coton in the Elms, Ca(u)ldwell (in Stapenhill Parish) and Ticknall, all then in Derbyshire. The monastery was the most important in Staffordshire and by the 1530s had the highest revenue.

The town originally grew up around Burton Abbey. Burton Bridge was also the site of two battles, in 1322 when Edward II defeated the rebel Earl of Lancaster and 1643 when royalists captured the town during the First English Civil War.

The site of two famous battles was located in Burton Bridge. During the first English civil war, the royalist took over the town in 1643. The rebel of Earl of Lancaster was defeated by Edward II in 1322.

Mary Queen of Scots stayed in Burton at The Three Queens hotel when being moved from Ashby De La Zouch castle to Tutbury castle.

Burton became a centre for the brewing industry due in part to the quality of the local water, which contains a high proportion of dissolved salts, predominantly caused by the gypsum in the surrounding hills. This allowed a greater proportion of hops, a natural preservative, to be included in the beer, thereby allowing the beer to be shipped further afield. Much of the open land within and around the town is protected from chemical treatment to help preserve this water quality.

A machine gun factory at Branston on the outskirts of Burton on Trent became the home of Crosse and Blackwell and gave it’s name to Branston Pickle.

The first jar of Marmite was produced here in 1902? Burton thanks to its excellent water is the capital of British brewing . Marmite is an off-shoot of the beer industry there, using brewers’ yeast by-product to make the nutritious – rich in B vitamins - spread you legendarily either love or loathe.

Burton is famous in United Kingdom due to its brewing. If you are on Wellington Road, you can find Coors Brewers Maltings Division Shobnall Site.

Cars, locomotives and fair ground rides were made in the town. Burton had strong engineering and wood working skills to support the brewing and these skills were useful in a wider range of industry.