Description
Barton-in-Fabis, a village and a parish in Notts, on the river Trent, 1 1/2 mile from Attenborough Gate station on the M.R., and 5 1/2 miles SW of Nottingham, with a post office, of the name of Barton, under Nottingham. Acreage, 1564; population of the civil parish, 246 ; of the ecclesiastical, 272. This is the site of a British camp, and Roman remains are frequently found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £330 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a handsome stone building 500 years old, in the Late Decorated style; upwards of £600 was spent on restoration in 1887-88.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
