Barton and Tredworth is an area of Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 that lies just outside the Eastgate of the city and has a population of over 3,000. Up to 45 different communities live in the area and as many as 50 languages are spoken here.
Currently involved in a project to record the memory's of the people living in the area both past and present *http://www.bartonandtredworth.org.uk

Barton is one of the few places in England still to elect a Mock Mayor

Mock Mayor

The election of a Mock Mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. Essentially a Mock Mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of Mayor in any given community...

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External links

• Barton and Tredworth ward at the Gloucestershire County Council website
• home page for 'Hidden Lives' the website for the memorys and stories of Barton and Tredworth
• Barton Fayre & the Mock Mayor of Barton.