Dear Lottery Club Members, The ninety fourth draw of the 100 Club Lottery took place on the 31st March 2023. The draw was made by Donna Thatcher from Hillside 1st prize (£50) was won by Chris Bennett 2nd prize ((£35) was won by Steve Matthews 3rd prize (£25) was Read more
Our place in history The story so far. We have seen evidence of Neolithic and Roman activity in the parish of Nettleton. Here we take a look at the early medieval period, and of the presence of Saxons and Vikings in Wiltshire. Tyranny in the wake of Roman exit Following Read more
Our Landscape, Our History: Water Mills Deriving from the Burton and Broadmead Brooks, the By Brook descends some 200m in 25km from its highest point to its confluence with the River Avon. The By Brook has powered at least 20 water mills along its length since ancient times. By Brook Read more
Our landscape, our history Land use is often determined by the underlying physical environment, especially geology, topography and hydrology. Here we take a high level view of the most important physical characteristics of Wiltshire, from which we may extrapolate why different regions came to be used in distinct ways. In Read more
Elsewhere on this website, we have seen archaeological evidence of human activity in the Nettleton area, such as Neolithic burial mounds, Roman shrines and Medieval causeways. These are features either visible on the ground or which were discovered through excavation. Here we take to the skies to discover more about Read more
Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association General Committee held on 24th January 2023 are presented below.
Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association Trustees held on 24th January 2023 are presented below.
Our landscape, our history The landscape we see today tells us much about how we lived in the past. It has evolved over thousands of years of human activity, settlement and exploitation of the land. We take a look at just some of the landscape archaeology and physical features evident Read more
The Ghost by Robert Harris Description A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America’s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it’s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations Read more
Top 10: Schemers and Opportunists Fictional characters we love to hate.