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| '''Winshill''' is an area of ], in the borough of ], ]. | |||
| Lying on what was formerly the ] side of the ], '''Winshill''' was transformed in the mid 19th century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in ]. Later in the century middle-class houses were built along the Ashby road, and there has also been extensive 20th century council and private housing development in the south-eastern part of the township. | |||
| Winshill was a township in Burton ancient parish and later a ] covering 1,150 acres (4.65 km²). The southern part of the township, covering 607 acres (2.46 km²), was taken into Burton municipal borough on its extension in 1878, and under the ] of 1888 that area, then given as 642 acres (2.60 km²), was treated for municipal purposes as part of ]. It was wholly transferred to Staffordshire in 1894, when the remaining part of the township on the north and east sides of Dalebrook was added to the adjoining Derbyshire civil parish of ]. The area of the Winshill ward of ] district was 452 acres (1.83 km²) in 1981. A boundary change of 1991 added land from the Derbyshire parishes of Newton Solney and ]. | |||
| The actor ] was brought up and went to school in Winshill. | |||
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Winshill is an area of Burton upon Trent, in the borough of East Staffordshire, England.
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