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Barton le Clay

Barton-le-Clay
Village sign.
The village sign
Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire
Barton-le-Clay is located in Bedfordshire
Barton-le-Clay
Barton-le-Clay
Barton-le-Clay shown within Bedfordshire
Population 5,000 (2002 est.)
4,992 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference TL082310
Civil parish
  • Barton-le-Clay
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bedford
Postcode district MK45
Dialling code 01582
Police Bedfordshire
Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
51°58′01″N 0°25′27″W / 51.9669°N 0.4241°W / 51.9669; -0.4241Coordinates: 51°58′01″N 0°25′27″W / 51.9669°N 0.4241°W / 51.9669; -0.4241

Barton-le-Clay is a small town and a civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. The town has existed since at least 1066 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

To the southwest of the town, across the A6 is Sharpenhoe Clappers, an Iron Age hill fort.

Barton-Le-Clay Domesday Book entry, taken from 210d 2.

In FLITT Hundred M. The Abbot also holds Barton (in-the-clay). It answers for 11 hides. Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3 hides; 2 ploughs there; a third possible. 20 villagers have 9 ploughs. 7 smallholders and 6 slaves. 1 mill, 2s, meadow for 6 ploughs; woodland, 200 pigs. In total, value £10; the same when acquired; before 1066 £12. This manor always lay in (the lands of) St Benedict's Church. With this manor the Abbot claims against Nigel of Aubigny and Walter the Fleming 12 acres (4.9 ha) of meadow which lay there before 1066, but John of Les Roches dispossessed him wrongfully, and this the Hundred testifies.

Barton-le-Clay is in Central Bedfordshire between Bedford and Luton, 34 miles (55 km) north of London. Nearby villages include Sharpenhoe, Silsoe, Westoning and Pulloxhill. The A6 which runs from Luton (6 miles south of the village) bypasses Barton and continues through Bedford (north of the village) to Carlisle. The bypass was constructed in January 1990.

In the southeast of the parish are the Barton Hills, which form the northeast extremity of the Chiltern Hills. Much of this area of chalk downland is now a nature reserve.


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