Barton in Fabis

Barton in Fabis
Barton in Fabis
	Barton in Fabis
OS grid reference	SK5232
District	Rushcliffe;
Shire county	Nottinghamshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG11
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
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Barton in Fabis is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It has a population of about 250. The village is just south of Nottingham, being on the other side of the River Trent from Attenborough.

A ferry, Barton Ferry, used to cross the River Trent to the Attenborough side near to the mouth of the River Erewash. A ferry has crossed the River Trent at this point since before 1774.^[1]

The name originates from an older name, "Barton in the Beans" (Fabis being Latin for 'bean', in the ablative plural), apparently referring to the beans grown in the village. This name was also used for a Leicestershire village, Barton in the Beans, which has retained its name.^[2]

References

^ Chapman’s Map of Nottinghamshire 1774. Nottinghamshire Library ISBN 0-902751-46-8.
^ Ekwall, E. (1940), The concise dictionary of English place-names, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press

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Media related to Barton in Fabis at Wikimedia Commons
Barton [-in-Fabis] in the Domesday Book

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[1] Chapman’s Map of Nottinghamshire 1774. Nottinghamshire Library ISBN 0-902751-46-8.

[2] Ekwall, E. (1940), The concise dictionary of English place-names, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press

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