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| | GENUKI: Barton Parish information from Bulmers' 1890. |
 | | The rateable value of the township of Barton is £4,013, and the principal landowners are Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bart., Blackwell, Darlington; Charles Richard Robinson, Esq., J.P., Bretaneby Manor, Barton; Mrs. |
 | | William de Barton was one of the benefactors of Easby Abbey, to which he gave a portion of his lands here, the abbot henceforth holding them as a distinct manor by the payment of a pound of pepper. |
 | | Subsequently the manor of Barton Grange passed to James Allan, Esq., of Blackwell Grange (who died in 1790), as the representative of the Dodsworths, and from him it has descended to the present owner, Sir Henry Havelock Allan, Bart. |
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