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Market Place, Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber
Population	11,066 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	TA030221
• London	150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish	Barton
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
Postcode district	DN18
Dialling code	01652
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°41′00″N 0°27′00″W / 53.6833°N 0.4500°W / 53.6833; -0.4500

Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 11,066. It is situated on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. It is 46 miles (74 km) east of Leeds, 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Kingston upon Hull and 31 miles (50 km) north north-east of the county town of Lincoln. Other nearby towns include Scunthorpe to the south-west and Grimsby to the south-east.

Geography

The Barton – Cleethorpes Branch Line (opened 1849) via Grimsby terminates at Barton-on-Humber railway station. The A15 passes to the west of the town cutting through Beacon Hill, and has a junction with the A1077 Ferriby Road to South Ferriby. The B1218 passes north-south through the town, and leads to Barton Waterside. Kimberly-Clark had a factory on Falkland Way close to the railway, known the Barton Plant; 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.

History

Anglo-Saxons

Church of St Peter Barton-upon-Humber.

St Peter's Church has a Saxon tower. An Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Castledyke South, in use from the late 5th or early 6th century until the late 7th century, was investigated and partially excavated 1975–90: the skeletal remains of 227 individuals were identified, including one who had undergone (and survived) trepanning. The church was reopened in May 2007 as a resource for medical research into the development of diseases, and ossuary, containing the bones and skeletons of some 2,750 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. The significance of the human remains lies in their representing the pathology of an isolated community over the period ca. 950-ca. 1850. An excavation report on one of England's most extensively investigated parish church, including a volume on the human remains, was published in 2007.

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.

The former head office of Elswick Hopper under conversion into flats (2006)

In 1880 Frank Hopper started a bicycle repair business in a former blacksmith's shop in the town. He soon began manufacturing bicycles, and after buying the Elswick Cycle Company of Elswick, Northumberland in 1910, and developed the renamed Elswick Hopper into a major manufacturer. Listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1930, the company had expanded into a diverse engineering, manufacturing and distribution conglomerate by the late 1970s. After moving residual UK bicycle manufacture to Brigg in the late 1980s, the now renamed Falcon Cycles division was sold to investors in the early 1990s. Elswick plc itself was sold in 1994, at which point it closed its offices in the town. The former head office at the junction of Brigg Road and Holydyke was converted into flats in 2006.

Barton Racing Pigeon Club was formed around 1971.

Churches

There are two churches in Barton-upon-Humber, St Peter's and St Mary's, located only about 170 yards apart. St Peter's is a large, mostly Anglo-Saxon church and predates St Mary's — which may have originated as a chapel on the original market place, enlarged and increasing in importance as the town's trade thrived in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Education

Baysgarth School, is a comprehensive school for ages 11–18 on Barrow Road. There are also three primary schools, St Peter's Church of England, on Marsh Lane; the Castledyke Primary School,(formerly Barton County School) on the B1218, and 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 and author, was a teacher at the grammar school.

Industry

For 20 years, Barton-upon-Humber was home to a 750,000 square foot site for Kimberly-Clark. The site closed in March 2013 and more than 200 jobs were lost.

Not long after the closure of the Kimberly Clark plant Wren Kitchens bought the site and moved to a new head office, 'The Nest', on the site. Wren Kitchens are one of the biggest employers in the area.

Education

Baysgarth School, on Barrow Road, is a comprehensive school for ages 11–18. There are also three primary schools: St Peter's Church of England, on Marsh Lane; the Castledyke Primary School (formerly Barton County School), on the B1218; and 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 and author, was a teacher at the grammar school.

Notable people

Notable people associated with Barton-upon-Humber

Name	Image	Occupation	Dates	Barton status	Comments	Reference
Frank Barton		Footballer	b.1947	Born in Barton-upon-Humber
Nancy Birtwhistle		Chef		Resident of Barton-upon-Humber	Winner of BBC TV show The Great British Bake Off
Jamie Cann		Politician	1946-2001	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	MP for Ipswich
Janet E. Courtney		Writer and scholar	1865-1954	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Writer and editor for the Encyclopædia Britannica. appointed an OBE and served as a Justice of the peace
Francis John French		Civil servant	1941-2002		Awarded MBE in the 2002 New Year Honours
Ken H. Harrison		Comic book artist	b.1940		Drew Desperate Dan for the Dandy
David George Hogarth		Archaeologist	1862-1927	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927
Thomas Johnson		Botanist and teacher	1863-1954	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Fellow of the Linnean Society
Robert Elmer Kleason		1934-2003	Resident of Barton-upon-Humber from 1990
Ted Lewis		Author	1940-1982	Resident of Barton-upon-Humber after c.1945	Lewis's best known work was adapted as the film Get Carter
David Mason		Royal Marine and teacher		Educated in Barton-upon-Humber 1986-1991	Awarded MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours
Paddy Mills		Footballer	1900-1994	Grew up in Barton-upon-Humber
Philip Pape		Sculptor and stonemason	1910-1982	Resident in Barton-upon-Humber from 1913. Lived in Tyrwhitt Hall 1960–1982.
Isaac Pitman		Teacher	1813-1897	Resident and teacher in Barton-upon-Humber from c.1831-1835	Inventor of the Pitman shorthand method
Peter D. Robinson		Bishop	b.1969	Grew up in Barton-upon-Humber	Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America
William Shaw		Priest	18th Century	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Founded Barton, Maryland, USA, in 1794
Margaret Sidell		Local councillor		Resident of Barton-upon-Humber	Awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the local community of Barton.
Gilbert Sissons		Priest	1870-1940	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Archdeacon of Gibraltar from 1916 to 1929 and of Italy and the French Riviera from 1929 to 1934
Henry Treece		Poet and writer	1911-1966	Resident of Barton-upon-Humber
Chad Varah		Priest	1911-2007	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Founder of the Samaritans and named after St Chad's Church on Waterside Road
Samuel Wilderspin		Educator	1791-1866	Teacher in Barton-upon-Humber	Pioneer of infant education.
Vanessa Winship		Photographer	b.1960	Born in Barton-upon-Humber	Winner of two World Press Photo Awards
Wendy Witter		Councillor	b.1936	Resident of Barton-upon-Humber	Awarded MBE in the 1992 New Year Honours

See also

In Spanish: Barton-upon-Humber para niños