Barton Blount
Coordinates: 52°54′36″N 1°41′31″W / 52.91°N 1.692°W
Barton Blount | |
Barton Cottages |
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Barton Blount parish highlighted within Derbyshire |
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Population | 74 (2001) |
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OS grid reference | SK208347 |
District | South Derbyshire |
Shire county | Derbyshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DERBY |
Postcode district | DE65 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Barton Blount is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, situated between Derby and Uttoxeter. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 74.[1] The population remained at ess than 100 for the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of Church Broughton.
A former name, Barton Bakepuys, can be seen in a record featuring Thomas Blount, esq, in 1422.[2] It was the seat of Sir Walter Blount, a key supporter of John of Gaunt, who bought it from Nicholas Bakepus in the 1380s and renamed it.[3]
During the civil war in October 1644, during the reign of Charles I, the manor-house was garrisoned for the parliament, and a skirmish took place in the neighbourhood between these forces and the royal troops from Tutbury Castle.[4] This manor house, Barton Hall was the home of Francis Bradshaw who was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1851.[5]
References
- ↑ 2001 census
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/bCP40no647dorses/IMG_0580.htm; third entry, with "Derb" in the margin, concerning a plea of debt against various people in Staffordshire & elsewhere
- ↑ Roskell et al, History of Parliament, BLOUNT, Sir Walter (d.1403), of Barton Blount, Derbys. - Author: C.R.
- ↑ The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21181. p. 363. 11 February 1851. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
External links
- Media related to Barton Blount at Wikimedia Commons
- Barton [Blount] in the Domesday Book