Barton Stacey
| Barton Stacey | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 The River Dever at Barton Stacey | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU435415 |
| Location: | 51°10’0"N, 1°22’0"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 892 (2001) |
| Post town: | Winchester |
| Postcode: | SO21 |
| Dialling code: | 01962, 01264 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Romsey |
Barton Stacey is a village on the undulating downs of southern Hampshire, about seven miles south-east of Andover. The wider civil parish includes the hamlets of Bransbury, Newton Stacey, Drayton and Cocum. It gives a name to the Barton Stacey Hundred.
The parish is bounded to the north by the estate of Drayton Lodge (north of the A303 trunk road), and, to the south, by the minor A30 road; both being east–west routes, and connected by The Street/Cocum Road, the main road that bisects the village.
The area is well-connected by roads. Bullington, to the east has the A34 road, joining Southampton and the south-central coast from near the close of the M3 motorway to Oxford and the Midlands. Barton Stacey parish has the westernmost end of the A272 road, which runs from the A30, through nearby Winchester and on to Cross In Hand, Sussex.
At Newton Stacey and Bransbury Common in the west the parish adjoins the braided River Test; its tributary the Dever runs through the north of the parish; both are noted for their trout fisheries.
Geography
Barton Stacey lies in a corridor of land between the North Wessex Downs and the South Downs National Park. Its downland area is predominantly arable farmland, which has traditionally been used for growing malting barley, though other crops are grown, and sheep grazed.
The rivers here, the Test and the Dever, are chalk streams and are managed for sport fishing and the Dever also feeds a trout fishery just outside the village. The valley to the north of the village is characterised by pasture and woodland, whilst the local sections of the Dever and Test valleys are predominated by wet woodland and water meadows.
At either end of Roberts Road there are two pieces of woodland, both belonging to the Ministry of Defence, past or through which run various public rights of way.
Much of Barton Stacey lies within a Conservation Area.[1] Some of its structures are listed or designated 'buildings of local interest'[2]
History
Three Neolithic long barrows have been found on Moody's Down which date from between 3,500 and 2,000 B.C., along with Bronze Age bowl barrows at Moody's Down and Newton Down Farm. All of them are Scheduled Monuments. The Andyke at Bransbury is an Iron Age ditch and bank, and a remnant of a promontory fort, with some evidence of roundhouses.
A Roman road that once linked Winchester to Marlborough and Cirencester crosses the parish via Bransbury Common and signs of a Roman camp can be seen east of Manor Farm. Evidence of Romano-British inhabitants was discovered between Barton Stacey and Bransbury in 1977, in the form of a ‘plank burial' of a woman.[3]
The first written record of Barton Stacey (Beretune), Newton Stacey and Bransbury is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 855. Beretun is Old English for ‘barley farm’. The Drove, an unpaved road leading east from the village towards Sutton Scotney, may be of Saxon origin.
The hundred of Barton was granted by King John to Rogo de Sacy or Stacey in September 1199, and remained a possession of his son Emery who paid his knights fees for Bertune Sacy in 1206, and afterwards remained in the possession of the lords of the manor of Barton Stacey, once known as the Hundred of Barton Stacey.[4] The hundred court was held in Barton Stacey until the late 19th century when it became obsolete.
The ‘Great Fire of Barton Stacey’ in 1792 razed much of the village.[5]Rebuilding works resulted in the present day character of the village, centred around The Street. The Barton Stacey Village Store was erected as a shop at about this time, and the original school buildings followed in Bullington Lane in 1886. There was some expansion of the village in the late 19th century and many of the present-day homes were added between 1939 and the 1980s.
In 1943 the War Department purchased 2,106 acres to the north, east and south of the village for £24,000 for use as a military training area. Four army camps were developed at Drayton: 'A', 'B' & 'C' Camps to the north of the A303, and 'D' Camp to the south, east of the road from the village to Longparish. All of the original buildings are long gone, though many of the roadways and hard-standings remain visible and these areas are now vacant. The last of the 'A' Camp huts was gifted to the parish in the 1970s when the MoD closed the barracks. It was relocated to the recreation ground where it was used as a sports pavilion until August 2020 when it was burnt down following a lightning strike. [6]
Parish church
All Saints Church is situated in the west of the village, at the junction of The Street and Bullington Lane. Built largely of flint, it is renowned as one of the oldest churches in England, and certainly the oldest building in Barton Stacey, dating in part from the 12th century;[7] it is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Both the parish church and Church Farm House are grade II* listed.
The church was extended in the 1200s, 1400s and 1500s, and much of it was restored in 1877. it consists of an aisled nave with a west tower partly inserted into it, and a chancel with transeptal north and south chapels, and a porch to the south. The tower is early 16th century, of ashlar, with a polygonal south west turret, and battlemented parapet with pinnacles.
Sport and Leisure
- Football: Barton Stacey Football Club, established in 1919
- Netbal: The Black Swans
Activity clubs include a choir, judo club, two drama clubs, Women's Institute, and a 'Tuesday Club'. Many activities are held in the village hall.
The recreation ground is situated in the west of the village and contains two football pitches and a play park. A new pavilion is planned to be built in 2025. There are car parks in front of the village shop and in an adjacent road.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Barton Stacey) |
- Barton Stacey Parish Council
- Barton Stacey History Group
- Photo of the old Plough Inn: 'Closed Pubs'
- Stacey Barton Stacey in the Domesday Book
- Barton Stacey Primary School
References
- ↑ "Conservation Areas". Test Valley Borough Council. https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/planning-and-building/heritage/conservationarea?displaypref=contrast.
- ↑ "Barton Stacey Conservation Area Character Appraisal". pp. 9, 33. https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/assetsus/attach/2815/Barton-Stacey-Character-Appraisal.pdf.
- ↑ "Wessex Archaeology". https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/sites/default/files/field_file/Barton%20Stacey.pdf/?page_id=860.
- ↑ "Barton Stacey Fete". 27 March 2016. https://www.bartonstaceyfete.co.uk/?page_id=860.
- ↑ "The Great Fire of Barton Stacey" (in en-GB). 2017-05-24. https://www.bartonstaceyfete.co.uk/?page_id=1456.
- ↑ "WATCH: Sports pavilion destroyed in fire caused by lightning strike" (in en). https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/18651038.barton-stacey-football-club-pavilion-destroyed-fire/.
- ↑ Barton Stacey Conservation Area Character Appraisal. Test Valley Borough Council. 2009. pp. 12.
