Barton-upon-Humber (/ˈbɑːrtən əˈpɒn ˈhʌmbʌr/) or Barton is a town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England.

[2] The Barton – Cleethorpes Branch Line (opened 1849) via Grimsby terminates at Barton-on-Humber railway station.

Bus services provided by Stagecoach in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire link the town with Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Hull.

[11] An Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery was discovered at Castledyke South during the construction of air raid shelters in 1939.

[14] Historical sources tell of a huge fleet of warships entering the Humber led by Olaf Guthfrithsson.

Olaf and a coalition force were overwhelmed in battle by King Æthelstan and his army, after which the defeated warriors and their leaders were said to have escaped in their ships.

The significance of the human remains lies in their representing the pathology of an isolated community over the period ca.

The church was reopened in May 2007 as a resource for medical research into the development of diseases and ossuary practices.

[48] The industrial sites were abandoned in the early 20th century once supplies of clay began to run out.

[57] In September 2020 an archive and exhibition centre dedicated to Ted Lewis was opened on Ferriby Road.

[58] Barton-upon-Humber has at least seven extant public houses, including The Volunteer Arms, The George Hotel, and The Wheatsheaf.

[59] At least thirteen former public houses have been recorded from Barton, including the Steam Packet (on Fleetgate) which was demolished in 1848 in advance of the new railway here, and the Whitecross Tavern which closed in 1926.