Description:Holy Trinity Church stood on the south side of Horninglow Street in Burton-upon-Trent. This was the second church to have been built on the site. It was constructed in Hollington stone to the design of John Oldrid Scott in the Decorated style.
The first Holy Trinity Church was designed by Francis Goodwin of London, it opened in 1824. In 1878 it was decided to enlarge the chancel and add a vestry, but there was a fire which damaged the fabric and in 1879 it was decided to build a new church. The old church was demolished in 1880 and the new one opened in 1882. Three-quarters of the total cost was met by the Allsopp family, Brewers. The new church consisted of an aisled chancel with a south vestry, a broad aisled nave with a north transept and a tall tower to which a spire was added in 1886. The church closed in 1969 and the parish was united with St. Modwen's as the new parish of Burton-upon-Trent. Holy Trinity Church was demolished in 1971.
Around the time of this photograph there were over 80 miles of private Brewery railway tracks criss-crossing the town, along with over 30 level-crossing gates controlling the movement of freight over the public roads. In the foreground there are level-crossing gates which stood on Horninglow Street and there is a glimpse of some of the railway tracks which ran around the town connecting with several of the Breweries and joining with the main railway network.
Photograph from Boots Fine Art Views of Burton, published by Boots Limited in the 1890s.