Barton, Cumbria

Barton
St Michael's Church
Barton Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Barton Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY486264
Civil parish	Barton and Pooley Bridge
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border

Barton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Barton and Pooley Bridge, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the north east of Pooley Bridge, east of the River Eamont and west of the B5320 road from Pooley Bridge to Eamont Bridge. The parish, which includes Barton and the larger settlement of Pooley Bridge, was renamed from "Barton" to "Barton and Pooley Bridge" on 1 April 2019,[1] and had a population of 238 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Etymology

Whaley suggests that 'Barton' is 'the barley farm or outlying grange', from OE 'beretūn' or, more probably, 'bærtūn', which was used of farms, especially outliers of large estates, used for storing crops."[3] OE=Old English.

Buildings

St Michael's Church is a grade I listed building;[4] Glebe Farmhouse[5] and Barton Church Farmhouse[6] are grade II* listed, with a range of farm buildings attached to Barton Church Farmhouse listed at grade II.[7] Several monuments in the church yard are individually listed at grade II.

See also

• Listed buildings in Barton and Pooley Bridge

References

1. "The Eden District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Barton) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barton Parish (E04002516)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
3. Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423 p.19. ISBN 0904889726.
4. Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1326830)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
5. Historic England. "Glebe Farmhouse (1336948)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
6. Historic England. "Barton Church Farmhouse (1145234)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
7. Historic England. "Range of farm buildings attached to Barton Church farmhouse (1336950)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Barton (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
• Barton: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.