Barton in the Beans

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Barton in the Beans is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shackerstone, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. There are no shops or pubs in the hamlet, but it contains a Baptist Church and a post box. It was in the 18th century an important centre for the Baptist Church and the minister at Barton was the notable clockmaker Samuel Deacon (1746–1816). In 1931 the parish had a population of 177. [1]

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One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book where it is listed among the lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil [2] by the King (the land required half a plough and there were 2 acres (0.81 ha) of meadow). During the Middle Ages the land passed through many hands including several members of the family of Hastings.

Toponymy

Barton is one of many places in England with this name: both this Barton and that in Nottinghamshire were once known as "Barton-in-Fabis" but that is no longer used for the Leicester Barton. [3] In the Domesday Book both are just 'Bartone' and later usage has varied (the meaning of Barton in both cases is probably 'grange' i.e. an outlying farm within an estate).

A popular saying in the county is "Shake a Leicestershire man by the collar and you may hear the beans rattle in his belly": the author John Benjamin Firth quotes this from a contributor to Magna Britannia , 1820. [4] Leicestershire was once noted for cultivating the broad bean (Vicia faba) [5] and in this way the bean has been perpetuated in place-names.

Samuel Deacon and the Barton Baptists

In 1751 six men associated with a Baptist group at Barton registered themselves as dissenting preachers under the Act of Toleration. These included Samuel Deacon. By 1759 they had established another church in Melbourne, then at Kegworth, Loughborough and Kirkby Woodhouse. Next they extended to Hinckley and Longford in Warwickshire. [6]

Deacon was from Ratby and settled at Barton ca. 1765 and set up in business as a clockmaker. Another of the Baptist preachers, Joseph Donisthorpe, was also a clockmaker. [7] Deacon's workshop was preserved by his successors and after many years of continuous use is now in the collections of the Leicester Museum. He was a leader of the General Baptists sect and the author of many works, including his autobiography. [8] [9]

The Baptist church became highly influential across the region. Dan Taylor, founder of the Baptist New Connexion, found the church 'strenuous advocates' of the 'essential truths' of the Gospel. [10]

Governance

Barton in the Beans was formerly a township, [11] from 1866 Barton in the Beans was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Shackerstone. [12]

Notable residents

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References

  1. ↑ "Population statistics Barton in the Beans Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Domesday Book: a Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003; p. 656 ISBN   0-14-143994-7
  3. ↑ Firth, J. B. (1926) Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan; pp. 420–422
  4. ↑ Firth, J. B. (1926) Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan; p. 422
  5. ↑ Evans, Arthur Benoni (1881) Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs. London: Trübner & Co.; p. 101, p. 299 "Bean-belly: an epithet of Leicestershire"
  6. ↑ Goadby, John Jackson, 'Lessons for General Baptists of the Present Day', London: Simpkin Marshall, no date, p.6-7
  7. ↑ Goadby, p.7
  8. ↑ Nichols, John (1795–1815). History of the County of Leicester. Vol. 3. London: John Nichols
  9. ↑ Leicestershire Clocks [and] the Deacon Workshop; compiled by the Earl Shilton Old Clock Club, 2002–05. Issue 2: 2005. CD-ROM
  10. ↑ Rinaldi, Frank, 'The Tribe of Dan', Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2008, p.10
  11. ↑ "History of Barton in the Beans, in Hinckley and Bosworth and Leicestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Relationships and changes Barton in the Beans Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  13. ↑ Palmer, Roy (1985) The Folklore of Leicestershire and Rutland. Wymondham, Leicestershire: Sycamore Press; p.74

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