Barton upon Irwell

Barton upon Irwell (also known as Barton-on-Irwell or Barton) is a suburb of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 12,462 in 2014.

Barton 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 100 feet (30 m), 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.

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. Barton upon Irwell is currently represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.

Barton-upon-Irwell was formerly a township in the parish of Eccles and a chapelry, in the hundred of Salford. In 1866 Barton upon Irwell became a separate civil parish, in 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Eccles, Irlam, Davyhulme, Barton Moss and Pendleton. In 1891 the parish had a population of 35,826. 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.

From 2004 to 2021 the area was represented on Salford City Council by three councillors serving the ward of Barton.

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Boundary changes coming in to effect at the 2021 Salford City Council election abolished the Barton ward and the Barton and Winton ward was created in its place.

Barton is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Manchester, on both banks of the River Irwell from Trafford Park to Davyhulme, and includes the hamlet of Dumplington, now the site of the Trafford Centre. The Irwell was the boundary as far as the River Mersey, which with the Glazebrook were also boundaries.