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The
Place-name & its Origins |
The
Doomsday Book
(1086) referred to the town as
"Bertune".
Other
names - for the town include Bartuna,
Baertun.
The
name - can be translated to 'the
barley farm, the outlying grange by the
River Humber'. No doubt so named
in relation to Barrow upon Humber.
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Barton
was developed due to its prime position
by the banks of the River Humber. In the
11th Century Barton was the most important
port & trading centre in the region.
Through the years Barton continued to be
an important town with thriving brick, tile
and ropemaking industries. As a result of
the wealth of the town many Georgian
and Victorian buildings were constructed.
The
Corn Exchange, built in 1853, at a cost
of about £1,000 underwent various
alterations in 1888; the ground floor is
now used as a Drill Hall, and the upper
portion by the Constitutional Club; the
Police station, with magistrates room was
build in 1847; there is a Temperance Hall,
erected in 1843, at a cost of £700,
and seating 600 persons; and an Oddfellow’s
Hall built in 1866 with sittings for 500
persons; the Liberal Club in Queen street
was erected in 1893; the St. Matthew’s
Lodge of Freemasons, No.1447 has premises
in Brigg road.
....[Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
Barton is a town of great antiquity: in
the Domesday Survey it is called “Bereton”
and is stated to have contained a church,
a priest, two mills of 40s, a market and
a ferry of £4 value. It was held at
an early period by the family of de Gant,
of whom Gilbert de Gant, son of Baldwin,
Earl of Flanders, accompanied the Conqueror
to England and had a grant of this lordship.
In 1359 on the invasion of Brittany by Edward
III, Barton furnished eight ships and 121
men: in 1730 the south side of the market-place
was brunt down, and in 1762, 1768, 1817
and 1821 there were violent storms, floods
and very severe weather. The inclosure and
allotment of the parish was effected under
an Act Of Parliament obtained in 1793, the
area being then 5,920 acres, and the award
of the Commissioners was made August 12,
1796.
.... [Entry
From Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900]
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Population Through
The Years |
Year
- Population
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Year
- Population |
1801
- 1709
1811 - 2204
1821 - 2496
1831 - 3233
1841 - 3475
1851 - 3866
1861 - 3797
1871 - 4332
1881 - 5339
1891 - 5226 |
1901
- 5671
1911 - 6673
1921 - 6453
1931 - 6332
1941 - N/A
1951 - 6232
1961 - 6582
1971 - 7522
1981 - 8524
1991 - 9431 |
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