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Barton was near the boundary which the invading Danes agreed not to cross when they accepted Danelaw imposed by Alfred the Great after he defeated them several times in 878 and 879.
There was fighting near the village and a rare flower – the pasque – which is supposed to grow where Danish blood was shed, grows in the region.
An interesting village with a long street, lovely old cottages and houses such as The Bury and the Rectory houses both Elizabethan.
The oldest building is the parish church dating from the 12th century.
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- Landmark