Burnaston
Burnaston is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is about southwest of the city of Derby and has a population of 1,531. It contains the headquarters and vehicle manufacturing plant of Toyota Manufacturing UK, built on the site of the former Derby Airport. Demography. The population of the civil parish at the census of 2011 was 1,531. Geography. The village has road links with nearby cities Derby and Nottingham, as well as the city of Birmingham, approximately south along the A38 dual carriageway. History. Burnaston House was originally the home of  the Every family including Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley, who was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1835. The house became the social centre and clubhouse in the 1940s for "Derby Aero Club" and "Derby Aviation" when the grass field to the south east was operated as "Derby Airport". The house was eventually demolished in March 1990, prior to the release of "Pretty Woman", to make way for the car factory which opened nearly three years later. Economy. The village is known for Toyota TMUK, one of several British car plants built by Japanese carmakers as part of measures to avoid  expenses such as import duties and shipping costs. Following the decision by Toyota during the second half of the 1980s to build a new factory in Europe, it was first established in December 1989, and opened on 16 December 1992. Transport. The site for Toyota also covers the area formerly occupied by Derby Airport, a grass airfield that opened in 1938 as the municipal airport for Derby. During World War II, it was used for military training purposes. After the war, it was again used by airlines, including Derby Aviation (later Derby Airways then British Midland Airways) until 1965, when  the newly reconstructed East Midlands Airport opened across the county border in Leicestershire. Private flying from Burnaston continued until December 1989, when the site was taken over by Toyota in order to develop the car factory on the site over the next three years. Education. Burnaston was the location of "Burnaston College Junior School for Boys", which was established in 1912.