• 10 years ago today: the BCA is born
    The report of the inaugural meetiing: I’m delighted to be writing for the first edition of The Bugle about the recently formed Burton Community Association, which aims to improve the experience of living in Burton through fostering a sense of community and pride in the village. This might take the form of: promoting networks such as the new ...
  • Burton Book Club – group read for March 2024
    The Timetraveller’s Wife (2023) by Audrey Niffenegger Summary Clare and Henry met when Clare was just six and Henry thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.  Impossible but true. The Time Traveler’s Wife is the international bestselling novel of a time-altering love. Henry is a librarian who suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically ...
  • The Lit List – Mad as a March Hare
    Top 10: books about insanity This month, we descend into madness with the best of fiction and non-fiction exploring insanity. Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Fiction The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. A woman is confined to her attic bedroom and isolated from her newborn baby. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. ...
  • Burtonology: how to research family trees and house histories
    We’ve put together some of the best and most accessible resources available to help you discover more about your local history. Genealogies If you’re already researching your family tree, or you are thinking about getting started, you may be aware of Ancestry. But did you know that Wiltshire Libraries provide free access to Ancestry on the ...
  • BCA Trustees – notes of meeting 30th Jan 2024
    Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association Trustees held on 30th January 2024 are presented below.
  • BCA General Committee – notes of meeting 30th 2024
    Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association General Committee held on 30th January 2024 are presented below.
  • Egg Packing Parlour/ Transport Yard, Hillside, Burton
    Author: Chris Bennett Egg Packing Parlour/ Transport Yard, Hillside, Burton This article will focus on some background history relating to the use of the land around the home known as Tyning View, leading to its current business as a ‘transport distribution yard’ on Hillside, Burton. The information has been gathered from a number of sources, including family ...
  • Pound Cottage (Part2)
    Author: Chris Bennett Pound Cottage, Burton (early/mid C18th) – (Part 2) This article will form part 2 of a previous article relating to Pound Cottage, (part 1 can be found here ) As previously mentioned within part 1, the current owners of Pound Cottage (Simon & Kim) have very kindly allowed access to a number of documents which ...
  • Pound Cottage (Part1)
    Author: Chris Bennett Pound Cottage, Burton (early/mid C18th) – (Part 1) This article will primarily focus on providing some brief information on a house known as Pound Cottage, situated on Church Hill, Burton. We hope you can get a flavour of some of the history surrounding this building and its role within the local area. You will ...
  • Lit List: Burton Book Club 10th Anniversary
    This month the Lit List has been taken over by the Burton Book Club as they celebrate their tenth anniversary. When the Book Club first came together in March 2014, who knew that we’d still be going strong ten years later. Over that time we have read everything from enduring to modern classics, psychological thrillers to paranormal ...

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