Earls Barton is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, notable for its Anglo-Saxon church and shoe-making heritage.

The original Anglo-Saxon village was known as Bere-tun, or "a place for growing Barley", and was one of several Spring line settlements constructed along the north bank of the River Nene.

Immediately prior to 1066, it was held by Bondi the Staller, an Anglo-Danish noble, and senior member of Edward the Confessor's household; around 1070, it passed to Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.

[2] In 1070, he married Judith of Lens, niece of William the Conqueror, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as owner of the land and mill of Buarton(e).

To the N it is protected by a particularly fine ditch.He goes on to argue that the castle was founded at the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and its builder ignored the then existing church, leaving it in its bailey for a later demolition that never happened.

In the 13th century, shoes began to be made from leather bought in nearby Northampton, while the village also had its own tanyard, which remained in operation until 1984.

A 3-foot gauge tramway connected both quarries to the northern terminal of the gas-powered aerial ropeway, where the ore was loaded into buckets.

'Dr Fright's Night' halloween shows are hosted at White's Farm near Earls Barton, popular with neighbouring villages and towns.

[7] A four-man operation in Earls Barton, built the first Ferrari F1 monocoque chassis car due, in part, to industrial action in Italy at the time.

Currently Earls Barton United Football Club compete in the Premier Division of the Northants Combination, which is at Step 7 of the English non-league pyramid.

[citation needed] In 2012 the Parish Council helped coordinate the development of a Neighbourhood Plan following the introduction of the Localism Act.

MHBS cited lack of footfall and transactions as people undertake more banking online as the main reason for the branch closure.

Pubs in Earls Barton include the Stag's Head; the Saxon Tavern, opened in an old Lloyds Bank branch,[14] and The Old Swan.

[15] In 2020, during the UK health crisis, The Old Swan provided free stew to the community with home delivery funded by off-sales, joint landlord Paul Dexter receiving media attention.