Barton, Greater Manchester

Barton-upon-Irwell is a suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 12, 462. HistoryBarton Old Hall, a brick-built house degraded to a farmhouse, was the seat of the Barton, Booth and Leigh families. The church of St Catherine, built in stone with an octagonal spire rising to, was consecrated in 1843. The church was demolished in the 1970s due to dry rot and the parish was merged with the neighbouring church of St Michael & All Angels, Peel Green. GovernanceHistorically in Lancashire, Barton-upon-Irwell was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford. Barton was joined with the municipal borough of Eccles in 1933 which was at the time part of the Lancashire administrative county. Eccles joined the City of Salford, Greater Manchester in 1974. Barton-upon-Irwell is currently represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.

Barton-upon-Irwell is a suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 12, 462. HistoryBarton Old Hall, a brick-built house degraded to a farmhouse, was the seat of the Barton, Booth and Leigh families. The church of St Catherine, built in stone with an octagonal spire rising to, was consecrated in 1843. The church was demolished in the 1970s due to dry rot and the parish was merged with the neighbouring church of St Michael & All Angels, Peel Green. GovernanceHistorically in Lancashire, Barton-upon-Irwell was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford. Barton was joined with the municipal borough of Eccles in 1933 which was at the time part of the Lancashire administrative county. Eccles joined the City of Salford, Greater Manchester in 1974. Barton-upon-Irwell is currently represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.