Barton Mills

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Barton Mills is a village and civil parish in the Forest Heath district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the south bank of the River Lark.According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Corn farm by the mill.The Domesday Book records the population of Barton Mills in 1086 to be 24. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 867.

The village is near the Fiveways Roundabout, at which the A11 trunk road becomes single carriageway.

Barton Mills, the home of Worzels and Aunt Sallys,is a village located by the A11 and a roundabout called five ways. It is a village parish and is a very nice location. It has a lovely park and a very nice poulation. Everyone is friendly and helpful. There are nice locations for walks and sports at the big village park which is next to the village hall. This is one of the best villages in Britain and always will be. This village is also famous as the the birthplace of Worzel Gummage,the half human scarecrow,and his wife aunt Sally, and it is still quite common to see his many descendants in the local shops and pubs, and very often walking down the A11 when the pubs close..Much of the filming for the television series was done here, using local people, and worzels offspring, as the cast. Barton Mills also enjoys celebration of the annual Scarecrow Festival,(Worzel Gummage) held in July. The main road through the village is closed off to all traffic (except to residents and family) and a day-long festival which includes musical bands, food, dancing, car boot sales at the local playing fields, and of course, the viewing of scarecrows created by any worzel who wished to do so. This Festival has also been featured in Guinness Book of World Records, boasting the most scarecrows ever living at any one time. Check out Barton Mills here! http://www.bartonmills.com/