Barnton, Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°16′00″N 2°33′00″W / 53.266667°N 2.55°W / 53.266667; -2.55
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Not to be confused with Barnton, Edinburgh or Barton, Cheshire.

Barnton
Village and
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHWICH
Postcode districtCW8
Dialling code01606
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
Websitebarnton-pc.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°16′00″N 2°33′00″W / 53.266667°N 2.55°W / 53.266667; -2.55

Barnton is a civil parish and village in the northwest region of

Trent & Mersey Canal
which goes through two tunnels (Barnton and Saltersford) to the west of the village.

The village can roughly be divided into four parts: the old village which grew northeastwards from the southwest corner; the more up-market properties northwest-wards along and to the west of the main Runcorn Road (

A533
); the council-built estate to the north west, largely between Townfield Lane and Runcorn Road; and the more modern estates (the largest known as the Locke estate after the builders) to the north and east. The village has no easily identifiable centre with some shops along the Runcorn Road and others by the new Health Centre in Lydyett Lane.

There is currently only one pub, a small number for such a large village and greatly fewer than there were 100 years ago. The parish church is

Pentecostal
churches.

Barnton F.C. were founder members of the

Mid Cheshire Football League
and now compete in the North-West counties league division one south. The new village hall (the Memorial Hall) is located next to the Barnton F.C. ground off Townfield Lane. The village also has a cricket club which is located close to Barnton School which is also on Townfield Lane.

Below the village where the main A533 crosses the

Sir George Booth.[2][3] A plaque marking this was erected on the bridge in August 2009 by the Northwich & District Heritage Society, 350 years after the battle commenced.[4]

The Parish Church, Christ Church, Barnton was completed in 1842 and the Vicarage stands proudly on Church Road overlooking the Winnington Village housing estate. Further along at Church Road junction stands the old Police Station, which was built in 1902 for the sergeant who lived on Bells Brow. It contained an office, an interview room and three cells. There is still has a row of

back-to-back houses
on Bell's Brow at the top of Barnton Hill built in 1810 to accommodate Brunner Mond labourers.

Barnton became known as "Jam Town" in the late 1800s due to so many people owning and not renting their homes. "People in Barnton eat Jam butties so that they can own not only their own houses, but buy their neighbours too!".[5] In December 2018, a wooden carving of a young boy eating a Jam Sandwich was unveiled in honour of the sacrifices for home ownership in the village.[6] The statue was named the 'Jam Butty Boy', and is located on the A533 (Runcorn Road) that runs through the village.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Area profile for Barnton". Office for National Statistics - Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ISBN 978-0-349-11564-1
    .
  3. ^ Churchill, Winston (1931). A History Of The English Speaking Peoples. Vol. 2. London: Educational Book Company. p. 277.
  4. ^ "Battle of Winnington Bridge honoured 350 years on". Northwich Guardian. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Barnton Parish Council". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Carving celebrates sacrifice of home owners living on jam butties". Northwich Guardian. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

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