Located roughly halfway between Birmingham and Nottingham, in the county of Staffordshire, is the town of Burton-on-Trent.
Burton proudly boasts over a thousand years of experience in the brewing industry. This allegedly originated in a benedictine abbey, circa 1004 AD. The first record of brewing after the dissolution of the monasteries comes from 1708, when Benjamin Printon founded a small brewery. Many notable names followed, including Worthington's, Bass, Marston's, Ind Coope's and Boddingtons to name just a few.
In 1712 George Hayne created the Trent Navigation - basically a means of making the River Trent navigable by big boats. What this meant is that ale from Burton-on-Trent could be transported all the way to the River Humber (as the Trent is a tributary of the Humber), where it reached Hull before being exported overseas. This secured Burton's role as a powerhouse of beer production. In 1777 the Trent and Mersey Canal was completed, allowing access to further domestic trades routes.
The 19th century saw the arrival of the railway in 1839 with a line operated by Midland Railway. By 1880 there were over 30 breweries in Burton-on-Trent, with around one quarter of all beer sold in Britain produced here. By 1928 Burton's breweries had fallen to eight. By 1980 only Bass, Ind Coope's and Marston's remained. In 1922 Branston Pickle was first made in the suburban village of the same name, Branston, 2 miles southwest of Burton town centre.
Today the only remaining independent brewer in Burton-on-Trent is Burton Bridge Brewery. The imposing building we see at the end of the video is owned by Molson Coors Brewing Company, a North American merger who bought out Bass in 2002.
Finally it should be noted that some prominent outlets call the town Burton-upon-Trent, including Google and Wikipedia. Whereas others including Royal Mail and National Rail refer to it as Burton-on-Trent (I omitted the hyphens until now for SEO reasons). I've always assumed the latter, but if any Burtonians are reading this, I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments on the two different names!
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Filmed: 23rd April 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/hQCxRckqB7S9U4Hf7
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 New Street
3:00 High Street
3:46 Market Place
4:35 St Modwen Church
4:41 Market Place
4:56 Abbots Garden
7:10 Peel's Cut
7:24 Abbots Garden
8:33 Riverside
10:12 High Street
11:35 Station Street
15:04 Guild Street
15:53 George Street
16:15 Molson Coors Brewing Company
16:25 George Street
17:37 Molson Coors Brewing Company