Barton, Cambridgeshire
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Barton is a village and
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in the
South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 162,119 at the 2021 census. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambri ...
district of
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, England. It is about south-west of
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, near junction 12 of the
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.


History

The
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road Akeman Street may have passed through the village. Barton,
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''Bartone'', is mentioned in the
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. At that time, 1086, Robert, Count of Mortain, Humphrey from Guy de Raimbeaucourt, and William of Keynes were listed as Barton land-owners.


Economy

Barton's village shop complex includes a shoe shop, hair and beauty salon, and Conkers Stores, a traditional village shop and Post Office, and the area's only petrol station, which is attached to a car franchise and has a shop which sells confectionery imported from the
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. There are two
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s in the village: The Hoops, on New Road; and the White Horse Inn, on the High Street. Barton is also home to a country shopping complex, Burwash Manor Barns, housing among other businesses a butcher, organic grocer, tea rooms, toy shop, wine merchant, and Persian rug outlet. The complex attracts visitors from across Cambridgeshire. Also in Barton is the headquarters of The Countryside Restoration Trust, which has been there since the charity's establishment in 1993. Employment within the village is very limited. Most residents commute to work at locations across southern Cambridgeshire and in London. The area is starting to attract commuters, who park their cars and then cycle to work. There are plans for some kind of park and ride/cycle on the outskirts of Barton.


Landmarks

Between the High Street and A603 Wimpole Road lies the village's recreation ground, with a full size football pitch, tennis courts, half pipe, children's play area, pavilion, bowls club, car park, dog walks, and rough ground for general recreation. A village hall neighbours the school. The Barton Road Rifle Range is north of the village, where regular military training takes place. The Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory is just south of the village. The antenna dishes of its
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are positioned along of the disused Cambridge to Oxford railway line and can be seen from most places in the village. The signals from several dishes are combined to give the resolution of a much larger single dish.


Religion

Barton has two churches, one
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and one
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, both on Church Lane. There are some pictures and a description of the mediaeval St Peter's at the Cambridgeshire Churches website. The Barton Woodland Burial Ground just outside the village provides
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s.


Education

Barton Church of England Primary School serves pupils from the village and from nearby Grantchester, and performed well under
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inspection in the first decade of the 21st century. The village is in the catchment area for Comberton Village College, a state comprehensive school which in 2005 achieved the highest
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results of any state comprehensive in England. Students from Barton travel for
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to Cambridge's Hills Road Sixth Form College, Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge Regional College, and Impington Village College. Public schools are also present in Cambridge. Barton is visited weekly by a mobile library bus administered by South Cambridgeshire District Council.


Transport

Barton is less than via Barton Road from the M11, which provides links to North London. The nearby A603 joins the A505 and M1, linking Barton to London through
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. Cambridge railway station, under fifteen minutes' drive from Barton (traffic permitting), provides access to rail connections with London King's Cross and Liverpool Street.
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is thirty minutes' drive from Barton along the M11. The village once had its own station at Lord's Bridge on the now-closed
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between
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and
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.


Demography


Notable people

* John Hayward, British politician


References


External links


A British History Online: ''Barton''
* {{authority control Villages in Cambridgeshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District