Barton-upon-Humber

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Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber (Lincolnshire)
Barton-upon-Humber

Barton-upon-Humber shown within Lincolnshire
Population 9,334
OS grid reference TA030221
Unitary authority North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county Lincolnshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
Postcode district DN18
Dialling code 01652
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Cleethorpes
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°40′60″N 0°27′00″W / 53.6833, -0.45

Church Tower of St Peter Barton on Humber .
Church Tower of St Peter Barton on Humber .

Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. Formerly an important centre for the manufacture of bicycles, Hopper's Cycles being established in the town in 1880 in the Hopper Building.

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[edit] Geography

The town is the northern terminus at Barton station of a branch line (Barton - Cleethorpes), opened in 1849, from Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Services are provided by Northern Rail. The A15 passes to the west of the town cutting through the Beacon Hill, and has a junction with the A1077 Ferriby Road. The B1218 passes north-south through the town, and leads to Barton Waterside eventually. Kimberly-Clark have a factory on Falkland Way close to the railway, which is known to them as their Barton Plant and it makes toilet paper. This area is known as the Humber Bridge Industrial Estate.

Barton is on the south bank of the Humber estuary and is at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. The Viking Way starts near the bridge.[1]

[edit] History

[edit] Anglo-Saxons

The town is known for its Saxon church tower of St Peter, and there have been many Saxon archaeological finds within the town. The former church was reopened in May 2007 as a centre for medical research into the development of diseases, and ossuary, containing the bones and skeletons of some 3,750 people whose remains were removed between 1978 and 1984 from the 1,000 year old burial site, after the Church of England made the church redundant in 1972.[2][3]

A ferry to Hull began in 1351, being granted by Edward II running until 1851, but this was superseded by a ferry at New Holland which began in 1820.

[edit] Churches

There has been a lot of speculation about why there are two churches right next to each other. St Peter's church and St Mary's church, being mere feet apart. The reason the two churches were built close together was at the time they were built when the churches served two separate villages that later amalgamated into one town by the name of Barton-on-Humber. Also one church is a lot older than the other and could not be enlarged so another one was built later. It was suggested that Barrow upon Humber would also get gobbled up in the process of building due to its location near the River Humber but Barton Council decided to go the other way because the cemetery was up Barrow Road and to close it in by building round it was not recommended so the new estate was built further away from the River Humber instead.

[edit] Amenities

The Baysgarth Leisure Centre is at Baysgarth Park near Baysgarth House Museum. A new leisure centre is being built to be open in early 2008.

[edit] Education

Baysgarth School is a comprehensive school for ages 11-18 on Barrow Road. There is also the Castledyke Primary School on the B1218, and the Bowmandale primary school in the south of the town. Barton Grammar School, which opened in 1931, used to be on Caistor Road. Henry Treece, the poet, taught at the school.

[edit] Entertainment

The Carnival is a pub with live music on Tofts Road to the south of the town. Other town pubs are the Wheatsheaf on Holydyke (A1077), the George Hotel on George Street, the Blue Bell on Whitecross Street, Queen's on Queen Street, the Red Lion on High Street, and the White Swan on Butts Road. The Ropewalk is an arts centre on Maltkiln Road, which is an extremely long building.

The North Lincolnshire and Humberside Sailing Club is at Barton Mere on the Humber to the east of Barton Waterside. It uses a former clay pit. The clay was used to make bricks at a former brickworks on the Humber foreshore from 1703. Towards the bridge is the £5.6m Water's Edge Park, with a visitor centre which opened in April 2006. The park is a home for wildfowl. Far Ings Nature Reserve is to the west of the Humber Bridge, which is run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

[edit] Famous residents

Famous residents have included: Isaac Pitman, inventor of the eponymous shorthand method; Samuel Wilderspin, pioneer of infant education; and currently Ken H. Harrison, the artist who draws Desperate Dan. Jamie Cann, MP for Ipswich 1992-2001 went to the grammar school. Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans was born in the town and was named after the church of St Chad on Waterside Road, of which his father, William Edward Varah, was the vicar. The church, and neighbouring primary school, were demolished in 1993.

[edit] See also

Barton, Maryland, United States The Reverend William Shaw of Barton-upon-Humber, a Methodist minister settled on the site of Barton, Maryland in 1794. His son, William Shaw Jr. laid out the town in 1853, naming it for his father's hometown.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Recreational Route: East Midlands - Viking Way", Ramblers.org. Retrieved on 2007-07-30. 
  2. ^ Church finds there's life in the old bones yet, Ekklesia and Ecumenical News International, accessed 18 August 2007
  3. ^ Skeleton collection goes on show, BBC News, 24 May 2007, accessed 18 August 2007

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