Barton Hartshorn

Barton Hartshorn
St. James' parish church
Barton Hartshorn is located in Buckinghamshire
Barton Hartshorn
Barton Hartshorn
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population88 (Mid-2010 pop est)[1]
OS grid referenceSP6431
Civil parish
  • Barton Hartshorn
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBuckingham
Postcode districtMK18
Dialling code01280
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°58′23″N 1°04′08″W / 51.973°N 1.069°W / 51.973; -1.069

Barton Hartshorn is a civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, within the Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority area. Its southern boundary is a brook called the Birne, and this and the parish's western boundary form part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the parish was included in the civil parish of Chetwode

The toponym "Barton" is derived from the Old English for "Barley Farm", and is a common place name in England. In the 11th century it was recorded as Bertone.[2] In the 15th century it was recorded as Barton Hertishorne and Beggars Barton, and in the 16th century it was Little Barton.[2] "Hartshorn" comes from a separate hamlet in the same parish and is thought[by whom?] to refer to the shape of the land locally: it[clarification needed] lies in the shape of a deer's horn.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population estimates in England and Wales, mid-2010". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Page, 1927, pages 147–149