In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burton Hastings like this:
BURTON-HASTINGS, a parish in the district of Hinckley and county of Warwick; on Watling-street and Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, adjacent to the Trent Valley railway, 2 miles N of Bulkington r. station, and 3½ ESE of Nuneaton. Post Town, Bulkington, under Rugby. Acres, 1,910. Real property, £2,856. ...
Pop., 199. Houses, 48. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward IV., to William Lord Hastings; and passed, by marriage, to the Cotton family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £87. Patron, W. Bucknill, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £28.
Burton Hastings through time
Burton Hastings is now part of Rugby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rugby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burton Hastings itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burton Hastings, in Rugby and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8658
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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