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The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.

The unique Barton Swing Aqueduct was designed by Edward Leader Williams to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal.

In the foreground is Barton Farm, a dairy farm worked by the Chard family. The hay ricks and the milking sheds (skillins) remind us of another time.

Barton's, a 17th-century timber-framed building with a Collyweston stone tile roof, is now L'Incontro restaurant.

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.The village church of St James was remarkable for its time in that it was built all at once, and not over a couple

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

The others were Bidford itself, Bidford Grange, and the outlying hamlets of Broom, Barton and Marlcliff.

Endowed in the 16th century, the free Broughton Grammar School also took children from Barton and Haighton.

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

In 1859 Walter Barton May built a 170ft-tall tower at Hadlow Castle, and in 1951 it became protected by a special preservation order. The tower is very prominent in the mid-Kent landscape.

The exceptions are the Roman Catholic church of St Michael, which was built in 1871 as a Primitive Baptist chapel, and Barton Abbotts, an impressive mid 18th-century house built by the wool stapler William

Bilsborrow is linked with the parishes of Myerscough and Barton, also lovely leafy areas.

The village takes its name from the area's most famous son, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was born at the beautiful Tudor farmhouse of Hayes Barton a couple of miles to the south.

The Queen Mother has made several visits to Earls Barton.

This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

In about 1485 it was enlarged to its present size by John Barton, a local wool merchant whose coats of arms adorn the doorway.

In 1936 Barton's, seed merchants, moved here, but were eventually bought out by the Delbridge family; grandfather, son and grandson all served in the shop. It has now become Kentucky Fried Chicken.

South-east of the town, along the valley of the River Ise and west of Barton Seagrave village, is The Wicksteed Park with the river dammed to form a large lake as the centrepiece.

The Hall dates from the 15th century, when it was the home of the Radcliffe family, though a later occupier, Andrew Barton, extended it in about 1516. It was bought by Bolton Corporation in 1933.

A horse takes a breather and feeds from its nosebag on the pavement.The cart on the left looks like a brewer's dray - in the back are barrels - and is probably delivering to the Black Bull on the right.There

Carriages can be seen along the street, and over on the right is a goat cart. On the left is the facade of the Post Office.

Mr Barton gave the land and £1,000 towards the cost on condition that there should be no pew rents as there had been in the older church.

Barton the grocer's (left) is now Snips and Clips, and Scupholm, the potato merchant next door, is now The Filling Station, a good sandwich shop. The Angel Inn is in the distance.

The cart on the left looks like a brewer's dray - in the back are barrels - and is probably delivering to the Black Bull on the right.