Burton ( cy, Bwrton) is a village in the
community of
Rossett in
Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The hamlet of Burton Green is a separate settlement and is located around a mile northwest from Burton.
The village is predominantly rural in nature and comprises a mixture of working farms and residential properties.
Burton is 2 miles from the larger village of Rossett, where there is a variety of shops, a primary school, a secondary school, a post office, chemist, a Catholic church, off-licence, and plenty of good pubs and eateries including the award-winning Welsh restaurant 'The Machine House'. There is a popular monthly farmers' market in the village hall.
Despite the proximity to the border with England, 7.7% of Burton residents are Welsh speakers.
History
It is an ancient village that, before the coming of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
The North Wales Mineral Railway was constructed in Wales in 1844, during the early years of the Railway Mania. It was originally intended to link Chester via Wrexham to the industrial areas around Ruabon; there were branches to Brymbo and Minera ...
, was more important than Rossett itself. The village dates back to
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
times and was settled by
Anglo-Saxons from the Kingdom of
Mercia. Today the village is little more than a backwater on the old road between Rossett and
Caergwrle.
In the early part of 2002 a trio of friends were
metal detecting on a farm close to Burton, when they found a hoard of
gold and other
artifacts from the
Bronze Age. These included a twisted wire bracelet, a necklace called a
torc, a bracelet, a pendant and a collection of beads and rings - all gold, along with several axes. The finds later to be known as 'The Burton Hoard' were declared
treasure trove and purchased by the
National Museum Wales (formerly NMGW) for £85,000.
In September 2021, a three-week archaeological dig was conducted following the discovery of a Roman villa on farmland near Burton Green.
References
External links
Photographs of Burton and surrounding area on geograph
Villages in Wrexham County Borough
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