Barton, Gloucestershire

Barton
Barton
	Barton Location within Gloucestershire
Civil parish	Temple Guiting;
District	Cotswold;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL54
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°55′36″N 1°51′48″W / 51.92667°N 1.86333°W

Barton is a village in Gloucestershire, on the Windrush River, near Naunton. It appears in written records as Berton as early as 1287.^[1] The manor was acquired by the Knights Templar of Temple Guiting; in 1558 it was held by Maurice Rodney.^[2] In 1779 it was recorded as consisting of 7 houses and 44 inhabitants.^[3] At the beginning of the nineteenth century the manor was held by William Raikes of London and John Inglett-Fortescue of Dawlish, Devon.^[2]

References

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.

^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 29. ISBN 0198691033.
^ ^a ^b Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. p. 58.
^ Rudder, Samuel (1779). A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 466.

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[1] Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 29. ISBN 0198691033.

[Rudge-2] Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester. p. 58.

[3] Rudder, Samuel (1779). A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 466.

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