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Great Barton started as a Saxon settlement and by the 13th century had become the ˜granary' for Bury St Edmunds.
The village sign is 'Bertuna, the Gleaner' and Icepits Woods was the ice-store for the Abbey in Bury St Edmunds just a couple of miles away.
A village ghost story centres round 'Diomed' the first winner and people say that on the eve of Derby Day a spectral horse can be seen and heard in Hall Park.
Sir Charles Bunbury lived at Barton Hall and in the 18th century introduced horses to the area. When in 1870 Sir Charles tossed a coin with Lord Derby in a London club to decide the name of a new horse race, he unfortunately lost the toss, but did have the first two winners of the Derby Stakes.
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