Barton is a linear village and

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in the

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, England. The parish had a population of 1,150, of whom 552 were male and 598 were female, according to the 2011 census.

Geography

The village is about north of

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. The parish is bound by the

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to the west. A bridge carries the A6 over the West Coast Main Line railway north of the village hall. The M6 motorway also passes through the parish, splitting the village, west of the motorway, from the rest of the parish. Barton Grange was built as the country residence for Mr John Healey, a local mill owner and was later the home of

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MP. In 1940 it was requisitioned by the

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and is now a hotel. There is a primary school, Barton St Lawrence CofE Primary School, on Jepps Avenue. The modern village hall is on the northern edge of the village.

Community

Barton is within the City of Preston electoral ward of

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, and the Preston Rural electoral division of

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. It is north of Broughton.

History

The parish church of St Lawrence was re-built in 1895 to a design by

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. It is a

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building. It is part of the Fellside Team of parishes. The civil parish of Barton was part of Preston Rural District throughout its existence from 1894 to 1974.Preston RD
''Vision of Britain'', accessed 9 June 2014 In 1974 the parish became part of the

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, which became a city in 2002.

References

Gallery

File:Barton_Village_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_209798.jpg, Barton Village Hall File:Milestone_near_Barton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1792082.jpg, "6 miles to

milestone File:Barton_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_485325.jpg, Barton Cross File:A_field_of_young_vegetables_north_of_Heathy_Lane_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1394531.jpg, Vegetable field near Barton File:Brickwork_pattern_-_geograph.org.uk_-_637358.jpg, Unique style barn near Barton

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