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Barton-upon-Humber
Population9,334 
OS grid referenceTA030221
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARTON-UPON-HUMBER
Postcode districtDN18
Dialling code01652
PoliceHumberside
FireHumberside
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lincolnshire

Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. It lies 46 miles (74 km) east of Leeds, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Hull and 31 miles (50 km) north northeast of the county town of Lincoln. Formerly an important centre for the manufacture of bicycles, Hopper's Cycles being established in the town in 1880 in the Hopper Building. Other nearby towns include Scunthorpe to the southwest and Grimsby to the southeast.

Geography

The town is the northern terminus at Barton station of a branch line (Barton - Cleethorpes), opened in 1849, from Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Services are provided by Northern Rail. The A15 passes to the west of the town cutting through the Beacon Hill, and has a junction with the A1077 Ferriby Road. The B1218 passes north-south through the town, and leads to Barton Waterside eventually. Kimberly-Clark have a factory on Falkland Way close to the railway, which is known to them as their Barton Plant. This area is known as the Humber Bridge Industrial Estate.

Barton is on the south bank of the Humber estuary and is at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. The Viking Way starts near the bridge.[1]

History

Anglo-Saxons

The town is known for its Saxon church tower of St Peter's, and there have been many Saxon archaeological finds within the town. The former church was reopened in May 2007 as a centre for medical research into the development of diseases, and ossuary, containing the bones and skeletons of some 3,750 people whose remains were removed between 1978 and 1984 from the 1,000 year old burial site, after the Church of England made the church redundant in 1972.[2][3]

A ferry to Hull began in 1351, being granted by Edward II running until 1851, but this was superseded by a ferry at New Holland which began in 1820.

Church Tower of St Peter Barton upon Humber

Churches

There are two churches in Barton-upon-Humber, St Peter's and St Mary's. Unusually for large mediaeval churches in a small town, they are located only a hundred or so feet apart. St Peter's is a large, mostly anglo-saxon, church and predates St Mary's - which may have originated as a chapel on the original market place, enlarged and increasing in importance as the town's trade thrived in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Amenities

The Baysgarth Leisure Centre is at Baysgarth Park near Baysgarth House Museum, and was refurbished and reopened in June 2008.

Education

Baysgarth School is a in-comprehensive school for ages 11–18 on Barrow Road. There are also three primary schools, St Peter's Church of England, on Marsh Lane, the Castledyke Primary School (was Barton County School) on the B1218, and the Bowmandale primary school in the south of the town. Barton Grammar School, which opened in 1931, used to be on Caistor Road. Henry Treece, the poet, taught at the school.

Entertainment

The Carnival is a pub with live music on Tofts Road to the south of the town. Other town pubs are the Wheatsheaf on Holydyke (A1077), the George Hotel on George Street, the Blue Bell on Whitecross Street, Queen's on Queen Street, the Red Lion on High Street, the White Swan on Butts Road, The Victory Club on Hungate, Sloop Inn on Waterside Road, Charlie's on Fleetgate, Volunteer Arms on Whitecross Street, and The Old Mill and Conservative Club in the Market Place. The Ropewalk is an arts centre on Maltkiln Road.

The North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club is at Barton Mere on the Humber to the east of Barton Waterside. It uses a former clay pit. The clay was used to make bricks at a former brickworks on the Humber foreshore from 1703. Towards the bridge is the £5.6m Water's Edge Park, with a visitor centre which opened in April 2006. The park is a home for wildfowl. Far Ings Nature Reserve is to the west of the Humber Bridge, which is run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Barton Racing Pigeon Club as we know it today, was formed around 1971, and is just coming up to its 40th anniversary The club has spent most of its time in premises at the White Swan hotel in Barton, and although the membership numbers are not as high as they were in the 70s & 80s, it is still going strong and has some founder members still racing today, In its forty years history the club has always been outstanding in its racing achievements, racing distances from fifty to five hundred miles into France, and no more so then when Gordon King got birds home in good times two years running in the British Barcelona Clubs races from Spain, flying a distance of over 820 miles. This is just one of many great performances that this club as gained over the years. The club has a very impressive array of trophies that are competed for every year, The club would welcome new members, and would make them very welcome.

Famous residents

Famous residents have included: Isaac Pitman, inventor of the eponymous shorthand method; Paul Hayes Former Scunthorpe United player; Samuel Wilderspin, pioneer of infant education; and currently Ken H. Harrison, the artist who draws Desperate Dan. Jamie Cann, MP for Ipswich 1992-2001 went to the grammar school. Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans was born in the town and was named after the church of St Chad on Waterside Road, of which his father, William Edward Varah, was the vicar. The church, and neighbouring primary school, were demolished in 1993. Ted Lewis, crime author whose best known work was adapted into the film Get Carter.

The Right Rev. Peter D. Robinson (b.1969) - Suffragan Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America grew up on Barton Waterside Barton-upon-Humber and was educated at Baysgarth School. .

Frank Barton was born 22 October 1947 in Barton-upon-Humber. He played for a string of English clubs during the 1960s and 1970s including Bournemouth and Carlisle before moving to the U.S to play for Seattle Sounders in 1979.

Panorama of Barton-upon-Humber's Marketplace.

See also

Barton, Maryland, United States The Reverend William Shaw of Barton-upon-Humber, a Methodist minister settled on the site of Barton, Maryland in 1794. His son, William Shaw Jr. laid out the town in 1853, naming it for his father's hometown.

References

  1. ^ "Recreational Route: East Midlands - Viking Way". Ramblers.org. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  2. ^ Church finds there's life in the old bones yet, Ekklesia and Ecumenical News International, accessed 18 August 2007
  3. ^ Skeleton collection goes on show, BBC News, 24 May 2007, accessed 18 August 2007
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