The village was originally called Barton Parva (Little Barton).[2][3] The name changed to Barton Mills in the eighteenth century.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the population of the village in 1086 to be 22 households.[4]
The village is near the Fiveways Roundabout, a busy junction where the A11 London to Norwich trunk road, the A1065 towards North Norfolk and the A1101 (Long Sutton (Lincolnshire) to Bury St. Edmunds) roads meet.
The village was once the holiday retreat for Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, and there is a plaque on the wall outside his country home, The Dhoon, in the main street.[5]
Barton Mills hosts a biannual Scarecrow Festival, held in July. The main road through the village is closed to traffic (except to residents) during the two-day-long festival, which includes musical bands, food, dancing, car boot sales at the local playing fields and viewing scarecrows created by local residents. This festival has been featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, boasting the most scarecrows ever made at any one time.[6] The record is currently held by the National Forest Adventure Farm near Burton on Trent.[7]
Church
Barton Mills is served by the Church of St Mary as its parish church, a building dating back 800 years.[8]
Giacomo Savelli, who became Pope Honorius IV in 1285 was rector of Barton Mills church at the time of his election to the papacy, although there is no evidence that he ever visited England.[9][10]
barton, mills, village, civil, parish, west, suffolk, district, suffolk, england, village, south, bank, river, lark, according, eilert, ekwall, meaning, village, name, corn, farm, mill, village, sign, location, within, suffolkpopulation1, 2011, districtwest, s. Barton Mills is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk England The village is on the south bank of the River Lark According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is corn farm by the mill Village sign in Barton Mills Barton MillsBarton MillsLocation within SuffolkPopulation1 052 2011 1 DistrictWest SuffolkShire countySuffolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBury St EdmundsPostcode districtIP28List of places UK England Suffolk 52 20 06 N 0 31 12 E 52 335 N 0 52 E 52 335 0 52 Coordinates 52 20 06 N 0 31 12 E 52 335 N 0 52 E 52 335 0 52The village was originally called Barton Parva Little Barton 2 3 The name changed to Barton Mills in the eighteenth century The Domesday Book of 1086 records the population of the village in 1086 to be 22 households 4 The village is near the Fiveways Roundabout a busy junction where the A11 London to Norwich trunk road the A1065 towards North Norfolk and the A1101 Long Sutton Lincolnshire to Bury St Edmunds roads meet The village was once the holiday retreat for Alexander Fleming the discoverer of penicillin and there is a plaque on the wall outside his country home The Dhoon in the main street 5 Barton Mills hosts a biannual Scarecrow Festival held in July The main road through the village is closed to traffic except to residents during the two day long festival which includes musical bands food dancing car boot sales at the local playing fields and viewing scarecrows created by local residents This festival has been featured in the Guinness Book of World Records boasting the most scarecrows ever made at any one time 6 The record is currently held by the National Forest Adventure Farm near Burton on Trent 7 Church EditBarton Mills is served by the Church of St Mary as its parish church a building dating back 800 years 8 Giacomo Savelli who became Pope Honorius IV in 1285 was rector of Barton Mills church at the time of his election to the papacy although there is no evidence that he ever visited England 9 10 References Edit UK Census 2011 Local Area Report Barton Mills Parish E04009140 Nomis Office for National Statistics Retrieved 18 June 2019 Barbara Vesey The Hidden Places of East Anglia Including Essex Suffolk Norfolk and Cambridgeshire p135 Travel Publishing Ltd 3 Apr 2003 George Kearsley Kearsley s traveller s entertaining guide through Great Britain or A description of the principal cross roads p14 1801 Barton Mills Domesday Book opendomesday org Retrieved 18 June 2019 East Anglian Film Archive Look East Alexander Fleming s Country Home 1960 www eafa org uk Retrieved 18 June 2019 SCARECROWS AND SMILEY FACES Website of robertleader 2 May 2017 Retrieved 18 June 2019 Largest display of scarecrows Guinness World Records Retrieved 18 June 2019 Barton Mills Church The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Edgar Powell List of Rectors with sundry documents relating to church matters at Barton Mills PDF External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barton Mills www bartonmills net Barton Mills in the Domesday Book This Suffolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barton Mills amp oldid 1063128729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
