[5] Vikings erected 59 burial mounds in Heath Wood[6] and the grave goods comprised remnants of swords and wire from Southern Sweden.

In 1009 Æþelræd Unræd (King Ethelred the Unready) signed a charter at the Great Council which recognised the position and boundaries of Weston on Trent as it was given to his minister, Morcar.

This cave has been cut from the rock (Triassic conglomerate) and is complete with door openings and window holes; it is very unusual.

"Methinks my moiety, north from Burton here, In quantity equals not one of yours: See how this river comes me cranking in, And cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out.

I'll have the current in this place damm'd up; And here the smug and silver Trent shall run In a new channel, fair and evenly; It shall not wind with such a deep indent, To rob me of so rich a bottom here.

was the Lord of the Manor residing at Foremarke Hall[11] By 1846 the population had grown to over a hundred and fifty but the number of dwellings (mostly thatched) had risen only slightly to 28.

Colonel Sir Francis Burdett was still Lord of the Manor and a school that was named after him ran in the village.