Barton is served by the East Oxford Royal Mail delivery office.

[citation needed] The course of a Roman road between Dorchester-on-Thames and Alchester passes through Barton.

[8] In the 1940s, sixteen Roman coins were found near Barton and in 1953 three Romano-British pots were recovered from Bayswater Brook.

[11] Barton Manor is a 17th century listed building built of ashlar-faced Cotswold stone.

[16] The land Barton was later built on was north-facing and on an incline, hence it was considered unsuitable for housing development.

[10] But, in the 1930s, a housing shortage prompted Oxford City Council to buy the land from Magdalen College.

[20] The Bayswater Brook runs west from Forest Hill and joins the River Cherwell in Cutteslowe.

[1][6] Anneliese Dodds has been MP for Oxford East since 2017 and Freddie Van Mierlo for Henley and Thame since 2024.

[26][27] Mike Rowley has been a councillor for Barton and Sandhills since 2010, alongside Asima Qayyum since 2024.

[28][29] Barton Leisure Centre, which includes a swimming pool and gym, is on Waynflete Road.

[citation needed] Since 1980 it has run a pick-your-own farm north of Barton, next to Stanton St. John.