Barton Turf

Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 20 km north-east of the city of Norwich, on the northwestern edge of Barton Broad, the second largest of the Norfolk Broads.[1] In primary local government the area is in the district of North Norfolk.[2]

Barton Turf
St Michael and All Angels' parish church
Barton Turf is located in Norfolk
Barton Turf
Barton Turf
Location within Norfolk
Area10.86 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population467 (2011)
• Density44/km²
OS grid referenceTG353224
• London132 miles (212 km)
Civil parish
  • Barton Turf
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR12
Dialling code01263
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

The villages name means 'Barley farm/settlement'. 'Turf' is a late 14th century addition, probably indicating that turf cutting was an important local industry.

The civil parish, which includes the whole of Barton Broad and the smaller village of Irstead at its southern end, has an area of 10.86 km2. In the 2001 census it had a population of 480 in 181 households, the population decreasing to 467 at the 2011 Census.[3]

Barton Turf's St Michael and All Angels Church, Barton Turf, about a mile from the clustered village centre, has a large, ornate medieval painted rood screen such as many medieval parishes who could afford fine artisans once had, but which have rarely survived the English Reformation.

The 18th-century antiquarian Antony Norris lived in Barton Turf, and is buried at the church.[4]

Barton Hall

Barton Hall, Barton Turf is a house owned by Sir Sidney Peel's noble wife and is a Grade II (starting category) listed building with a typical, of a former manorial farmhouse, fishpond and array of outhouses around a courtyard to the front.[5]

It was built 1742 with two fronts later remodelled.[5] Its walls are brick, partly plastered to appear ashlar (regular, grand stone courses).[5] Its roofs are of plain tiles and pantiles.[5] A grand list of 18th-century revival classical architecture follows in its listing such as detailing its tympanum, entablature, pediment, quoins, rustication, string course by cornice and rounded window within intercolumniation.[5]

War Memorial

Barton Turf War Memorial takes the form of a brass plaque in St. Michael's Church which holds the following names for the First World War:

And, the following for the Second World War:

  • Barton Turf has given its name to a traditional Corn dolly which consists of two vertical baskets.
    Barton Turf has given its name to a traditional Corn dolly which consists of two vertical baskets.
  • Some paintings from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
    Some paintings from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
  • Thrones (angels) from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
    Thrones (angels) from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
  • Cherubim from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
    Cherubim from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
  • Iconoclastic damage from the Reformation, St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
    Iconoclastic damage from the Reformation, St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf

References
  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  2. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  3. "Civil Population 2011". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. Rye, Walter (1895). "Norris, Antony" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 115–116.
  5. Historic England. "Barton Hall (1170539)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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