Barton Blount
Barton Blount is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, between Derby and Uttoxeter. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 74.[1] The population remained at fewer than 100 for the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of Church Broughton.
| Barton Blount | |
|---|---|
 Barton Cottages | |
 Barton Blount parish highlighted within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 74 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | SK208347 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE65 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
A former name, Barton Bakepuys, can be seen in a record featuring Thomas Blount, esq, in 1422.[2] It was the seat of Sir Walter Blount, a key supporter of John of Gaunt, who bought it from Nicholas Bakepus in the 1380s and renamed it.[3]
During the civil war in October 1644, in the reign of Charles I, the manor house was garrisoned for Parliamentary forces, and a skirmish took place in the neighbourhood between these forces and the Royalist troops from Tutbury Castle.[4] This manor house, Barton Hall was the home of Francis Bradshaw who was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1851.[5]
References
- 2001 census
- Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/bCP40no647dorses/IMG_0580.htm; third entry, with "Derb" in the margin, concerning a plea of debt against various people in Staffordshire & elsewhere
- Roskell et al, History of Parliament, BLOUNT, Sir Walter (d.1403), of Barton Blount, Derbys. - Author: C.R.
- The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- "No. 21181". The London Gazette. 11 February 1851. p. 363.
External links
Media related to Barton Blount at Wikimedia Commons- Barton [Blount] in the Domesday Book