Barton Blount is a village and
civil parish
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in the
South Derbyshire
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district of
Derbyshire
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, England, between
Derby
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and
Uttoxeter
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The town is from Burton upon Trent via the A50 and the A38, from Stafford via the A51 ...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 74. The population remained at fewer than 100 for the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of
Church Broughton
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.
History
A former name, Barton Bakepuys, can be seen in a record featuring Thomas Blount, esq, in 1422. It was the seat of
Sir Walter Blount, a key supporter of
John of Gaunt
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, who bought it from Nicholas Bakepus in the 1380s and renamed it.
During the civil war in October 1644, in the reign of Charles I, the manor house was garrisoned for Parliamentary forces, and a skirmish took place in the neighbourhood between these forces and the Royalist troops from
Tutbury Castle
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. This manor house,
Barton Hall
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was the home of Francis Bradshaw who was
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
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in 1851.
Chapel of St Chad
The former parish church and Barton Hall were the centre of the medieval village. The church is a Grade II
listed building
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and also a
scheduled monument
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. It was damaged during the civil war, and by the early 18th century was in a dilapidated condition. It was rebuilt in 1714, probably using medieval material, by Samuel Taborer; the lower courses of the walls are medieval.
The interior, which seats sixty, was modified in the mid 19th century, and the stained-glass west window is late 19th-century. The font, with an octagonal bowl, is 14th-century. The church was declared redundant in 1976, and has since been a private chapel.
["Chapel of St Chad (Private), Barton Blount"]
''Places of Worship Database''. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Remains of medieval settlement
To the north, west and south of Barton Hall are the remains of the medieval settlement, now a scheduled monument. Earthworks to the north-east of the church show the location of building platforms and adjacent plots of land, on either side of a sunken track, once the main street of the village.
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Further to the north and north-east is an area which was excavated in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has since been ploughed. It showed occupation from the 10th to 15th century. There was evidence of simple timber buildings of the early 13th century, and later more substantial timber-framed buildings.][
There is the site of a ]decoy pond
A duck decoy is a device to capture wild ducks or other species of Anatidae, waterfowl. Decoys had an advantage over hunting ducks with shotguns as the Duck as food, duck meat did not contain Shot (pellet), lead shot. Consequently, a higher pric ...
about south-west of Barton Hall. Its dimensions are about , and it had an island about . At the north of the pond, and perhaps also at the south, was a narrow curving channel or "pipe", along which ducks would be enticed.[
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See also
* Listed buildings in Barton Blount
References
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Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
South Derbyshire District
Deserted medieval villages in Derbyshire