Barton Turf

Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 12 miles (19 km) north-east of the city of Norwich, on the north-western edge of Barton Broad, the second largest of the Norfolk Broads.^[1] The parish is in the district of North Norfolk.^[2]

Barton Turf
St Michael and All Angels' parish church
Barton Turf Location within Norfolk
Area	10.86 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population	467 (2011)
• Density	44/km2
OS grid reference	TG353224
• London	132 miles (212 km)
Civil parish	Barton Turf
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR12
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.748°N 1.485°E / 52.748; 1.485

The civil parish, which includes the whole of Barton Broad and the smaller village of Irstead at its southern end, has an area of 10.86 square kilometres (4.19 sq mi). In the 2001 census it had a population of 480 in 181 households, the population decreasing to 467 at the 2011 Census.^[3]

The church of St Michael and All Angels Church, Barton Turf, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the clustered village centre, has a large, ornate medieval painted rood screen such as many medieval parishes who could afford fine artisans once had, but which have rarely survived the English Reformation.

The 18th-century antiquarian Antony Norris lived in Barton Turf, and is buried at the church.^[4]

Barton Hall

Barton Hall, Barton Turf is a house owned by Sir Sidney Peel's noble wife and is a Grade II (starting category) listed building with a typical, of a former manorial farmhouse, fishpond and array of outhouses around a courtyard to the front.^[5]

It was built 1742 with two fronts later remodelled.^[5] Its walls are brick, partly plastered to appear ashlar (regular, grand stone courses).^[5] Its roofs are of plain tiles and pantiles.^[5] A grand list of 18th-century revival classical architecture follows in its listing such as detailing its tympanum, entablature, pediment, quoins, rustication, string course by cornice and rounded window within intercolumniation.^[5]

Gallery

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  Barton Turf has given its name to a traditional Corn dolly which consists of two vertical baskets.
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  Some paintings from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
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  Thrones (angels) from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
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  Cherubim from the 15th-century Rood Screen in St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf
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  Iconoclastic damage from the Reformation, St Michael and All Angels church, Barton Turf