Barton-le-Willows

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Barton-le-Willows (photo by Stephen Horncastle)
Barton-le-Willows (photo by Stephen Horncastle)

Barton-le-Willows is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, situated by the River Derwent, about eight miles south-west of Malton. The parish had a population of 186 according to the 2001 census. The village is recorded as Bartun in the Domesday Book.[1]

The house in the picture is No. 5 Forge cottage the old blacksmiths. Woodpeckers visit the garden every day, house martins nest under the eaves and kingfishers live down by the river.

Coordinates: 54°03′42″N, 0°54′30″W

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.), p. 29.


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