Barton in Fabis is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe

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 district of Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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. It has a population of about 250. The village is just south of Nottingham

Nottingham

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, being on the other side of the River Trent

River Trent

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 from Attenborough

Attenborough, Nottinghamshire

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.

A ferry

Ferry

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, Barton Ferry, used to cross the River Trent to the Attenborough side near to the mouth of the River Erewash

River Erewash

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. A ferry has crossed the River Trent at this point since before 1774.
The name originates from an older name, "Barton in the Beans" (Fabis being Latin for 'bean', in the abl. plural, one bean = una faba), apparently referring to the bean

Bean

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s grown in the village. This name was also used for a Leicestershire village, Barton in the Beans

Barton in the Beans

Barton in the Beans is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England and forms part of the Shackerstone civil parish. There are no shops or pubs here, only a Baptist Church and a post box. It was in the 18th century an important centre for the Baptist Church and the...

, which has retained its name.