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Barton-upon-Humber
Barton-upon-Humber shown within Lincolnshire
Population	9,334
OS grid reference	TA030221
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
Postcode district	DN18
Dialling code	01652
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Cleethorpes
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°40′60″N 0°27′00″W / 53.6833, -0.45

Church Tower of St Peter Barton on Humber .

Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. Formerly an important centre for the manufacture of bicycles, Hopper's Cycles being established in the town in 1880.

The town is the northern terminus at Barton station of a branch line (Barton - Cleethorpes), opened in 1849, from Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Services are provided by Northern Rail.

The town is known for its Saxon church tower of St Peter, and there have been many Saxon archaeological finds within the town. The former church was reopened in May 2007 as a centre for medical research into the development of diseases, and ossuary, containing the bones and skeletons of some 3,750 people whose remains were removed between 1978 and 1984 from the 1,000 year old burial site, after the Church of England made the church redundant in 1972.^[1][2] There has been a lot of speculation about why there are two Churches right next to each other. St Peter's Church and St Mary's Church, being mere feet apart. The reason the two churches were built close together was at the time they were built when the churches served two separate villages that later almagamated into one town by the name of Barton-on-Humber. Also one church is a lot older than the other and could not be enlarged so another one was built later. It was suggested that Barrow -on Humber- would also get gobbled up in the process of building due to its location near the River Humber but Barton Council decided to go the other way because the cemetry was up Barrow Road and to close it in by building round it was not recommended so the New Estate was built further away from the River Humber instead.

The Baysgarth Leisure Centre is at Baysgarth Park. The Baysgarth School is a comprehensive school for ages 11-18 on Barrow Road.

Famous residents have included: Isaac Pitman, inventor of the eponymous shorthand method; Samuel Wilderspin, pioneer of infant education; and currently Ken H. Harrison, the artist that draws Desperate Dan.

Barton is on the south bank of the Humber estuary and is at the southern end of the Humber Bridge. The Viking Way starts near the bridge.^[3]

Barton, Maryland, United States The Reverend William Shaw of Barton-upon-Humber, a Methodist minister settled on the site of Barton, Maryland in 1794. His son, William Shaw Jr. laid out the town in 1853, naming it for his father's hometown.

1. ^ Church finds there's life in the old bones yet, Ekklesia and Ecumenical News International, accessed 18 August 2007
2. ^ Skeleton collection goes on show, BBC News, 24 May 2007, accessed 18 August 2007
3. ^ "Recreational Route: East Midlands - Viking Way", Ramblers.org. Retrieved on 2007-07-30. 

• This is Barton - a local news/information website from The Scunthorpe Telegraph
• History and photos of the town
• History of the town
• Barton Electronic Network
• Visit Barton
• Cricket Club
• 25th Anniversary of the Humber Bridge (July 2006)
• Viking Way photographs
• Baysgarth School

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