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Town in Staffordshire, England
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Burton upon Trent is a market town of 72,000 people (2011) in Staffordshire, England. Burton is known for brewing, it grew up around Burton Abbey and has been the site of 2 battles.
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The town's connection with the brewing industry is celebrated in a bronze sculpture by James Walter Butler. It was commissioned in 1977 and depicts a local craftsman making a barrel.
A restored Victorian sewage pumping station, adjacent to the modern sewage works.
The town is on the A5121, bypassed by the A38, in between Derby and Lichfield.
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