With this manor the Abbot claims against Nigel of Aubigny and Walter the Fleming 12 acres (4.9 ha) of meadow which lay there before 1066, but John of Les Roches dispossessed him wrongfully, and this the Hundred testifies.Barton-le-Clay is in Central Bedfordshire between Bedford and Luton, 36 miles (58 km) north of London.Bus services through Barton are largely those between Luton, south and Bedford, north.A cross-country route joins Barton to other local villages including Shillington and Shefford.Barton-le-Clay has a football club (Barton Rovers), who play their home matches at Sharpenhoe Road.[10] Barton Players, the main local amateur dramatics group, hold plays and summer workshops[11] for children in the village hall.