Horninglow

Human settlement in England

Horninglow and Eton

District

East Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBURTON-ON-TRENTPostcode districtDE13Dialling code01283PoliceStaffordshireFire Staffordshire Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament

Burton

List of places: UK; England; Staffordshire

52°49′34″N 1°38′24″W / 52.8260°N 1.6400°W / 52.8260; -1.6400

Horninglow is a suburb of Burton upon Trent, in the East Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Horninglow lies to the north west of Burton, and is linked to the town centre by the A511.^[1] It forms part of the civil parish of Horninglow and Eton.

History

Horninglow is one of the older^{[citation needed]} parishes, shown on maps as early as 1770 (254 years ago) (1770). Over time its development has increased the size of the area to its current layout.

The Church of England parish church of Horninglow is St John the Divine, part of the Diocese of Lichfield. The building dates from 1866; the architect was Edward Holmes of Birmingham.^[2]

A United Free Methodist mission chapel was opened in Carlton Street in 1898 and now houses the local doctor's surgery. St Thomas Methodist Church on Belvedere Road dates from 1907.^[3]

In recent years, Horninglow has become a popular place to live with a wide variety of housing. Horninglow's one Grade II listed building,^{[dubious – discuss]} the Chestnuts farmhouse on Horninglow Road North, was being developed with barns being converted to residential accommodation as of 2008.

Education

Horninglow has a number of schools at both the primary and secondary school level.^[4] Primary schools include Horninglow Primary: A De Ferrers trust academy, Outwoods Primary School (formerly Castle Park Infants School and William Hutson Junior School), Lansdowne Infant School, Eton Park Junior School, Belvedere Junior School and St Modwen's Roman Catholic Primary School.

The secondary school in Horninglow is the De Ferrers Academy, which is split between two sites, the Dove Campus in Harehedge Lane and the Trent Campus in St Mary's Drive. De Ferrers was recognised as good with outstanding features by Ofsted in April 2012.^[5]

Civil parish

Horninglow was formerly a township in the parish of Burton-upon-Trent,^[6] from 1866 Horninglow was a civil parish in its own right, on 31 March 1904 the parish was abolished and merged with Burton upon Trent.^[7] In 1901 the parish had a population of 16,857.^[8]

Notable people

George Augustus Auden (1872 – 1957), physician and writer on archaeology
Alan Mellor (born 1959), cricketer

References

^ Google Maps
^ British History Online Horninglow: Established church. A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX, Nigel J. Tringham (Editor) (2003)
^ Tringham, Nigel J. "Horninglow: Nonconformity Pages 187-188 A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2003". British History Online. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Horninglow - Education | British History Online
^ "Ofsted report for de Ferrers Academy". Ofsted. 14 May 2012.
^ "History of Horninglow in East Staffordshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Horninglow Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
^ "Population statistics Horninglow Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 February 2023.