BARTON-on-the-HEATH, a parish in the Brails
division of the hundred of KINGTON, county of WARWICK,
5§ miles (s.) from Shipston upon Stour, containing
201 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the
king's books at £12. 17. 11., and in the patronage of
the President and Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford.
The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The village
is situated on the navigable river Avon. A Sunday
school is supported by voluntary contributions, in addition
to a rent-charge of £2. 8,, given by the Rev. T.
Haward, in 1742. In the vicinity is a large stone,
called the "Four Shire Stone," where the counties of
Gloucester, Worcester, Warwick, and Oxford meet.