Barton, North Riding

Description
Barton, a township a parish, and a village in the N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on a tributary of the river Tees, 4 1/2 miles W of Croft railway station, and 5 SW of Darlington, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Darlington. The parish includes also the township of Newton-Morrel and part of the township of Stapleton. Acreage, 2449; population, 502. In this parish is a limestone quarry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; gross value, £150 with residence. Patrons, the Vicar of Stanwick and the Vicar of Gilling alternately. There is a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.