 burton-upon-trent, also known as burton-on-trent or simply burton, is a town on the river trent in east staffordshire, england. in 2001, it had a population of 43,784. stapenhill and winshill are treated as separate and together have a population of 21,985 according to this source the demonym for residents of the town is "burtonian". burton is known for brewing.burton upon trent tourist information on aboutbritain.com the town originally grew up around burton abbey. burton bridge was also the site of two battles, in 1322 when edward ii defeated the rebel earl of lancaster and 1643 when royalists captured the town during the first english civil war. sir william paget and his descendants were responsible for extending the manor house within the abbey grounds and facilitating the extension of the river trent navigation to burton. burton grew into a busy market town by the early modern period. the town is served by burton-on-trent railway station. ==history== ryknild street, a roman road, ran north-east through what later became the parish of burton, linking camps at letocetum (wall), near lichfield, and derventio (little chester), near derby. between 666 and 669 wilfrid, the pro-roman bishop of york, exercis
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