Barton-on-the-Heath

Barton-on-the-Heath
A house in the heart of the village
Barton-on-the-Heath Location within Warwickshire
Population	85 (2001 census)
Civil parish	Barton-on-the-Heath
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 51°59′31″N1°37′37″W / 51.992°N 1.627°W / 51.992; -1.627

Barton-on-the-Heath is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 85. From the Census 2011 population details are included in the neighbouring civil parish of Little Compton. The village is in the extreme south of Warwickshire, close to the borders with Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. There is a church, dedicated to St Lawrence. ^[1]

Robert Dover, organizer of the Cotswold Olimpick games, died at Shirley Farm, Barton in July 1652. ^[2] His grandson, the lawyer and playwright, John Dover, was born there in October 1644. ^[3]

Thomas Dover was born here in 1660.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Barton-on-the-Heath, St Lawrence - a church near you
2. F. D. A. Burns, ‘Dover, Robert (1581/2–1652)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
3. Gordon Goodwin, ‘Dover, John (1644–1725)’, rev. F. D. A. Burns, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

External links

• Barton on the Heath

External links

• Barton [-on-the-Heath] in the Domesday Book