[2] It was the seat of Sir Walter Blount, a key supporter of John of Gaunt, who bought it from Nicholas Bakepus in the 1380s and renamed it.

[4] This manor house, Barton Hall was the home of Francis Bradshaw who was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1851.

[6][7] The interior, which seats sixty, was modified in the mid 19th century, and the stained-glass west window is late 19th-century.

[7][8] To the north, west and south of Barton Hall are the remains of the medieval settlement, now a scheduled monument.

Earthworks to the north-east of the church show the location of building platforms and adjacent plots of land, on either side of a sunken track, once the main street of the village.