Great Barton

Great Barton
Great Barton village sign
Great Barton
Great Barton shown within Suffolk
Population	2,191 (Including Conyer's Green. 2011)
District	St Edmundsbury
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP31
Dialling code	01284 78
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°16′01″N 0°46′01″E / 52.267°N 0.767°E / 52.267; 0.767Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 0°46′01″E / 52.267°N 0.767°E / 52.267; 0.767

Great Barton is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about three miles from Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is barley enclosure/demesne farm or outlying grange. The Domesday Book records the population of Great Barton in 1086 was 104.

All the recorded details of burials in Great Barton Churchyard from 1563 to 1992 have been transcribed from the original registers into alphabetically order, together with the cross reference to the 517 gravestones, as recorded by the Women's Institute Survey in 1979.

Great Barton is also home to radio transmission site, broadcasting the services of Heart East Anglia on 96.4 FM (1.8 kW) and BBC Radio Suffolk on 104.6 FM (2 kW). There is also a medium wave (AM) service on the same mast transmitting Classic Gold on 1251 kHz at 760w.

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