Bierton  Bierton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about half a mile northeast of the town of Aylesbury. It is mainly a farming parish. The hamlets of Broughton, Broughton Crossing and Burcott lie within Bierton with Broughton civil parish part of Aylesbury Vale district and form part of the Aylesbury Urban Area. A substantial Belgic settlement once occupied the site of the village with an extensive ditched enclosure. Excavations in 1979 detected four phases of occupation. The ditches were deliberately filled in the first century and little is visible today. The village name was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bortone" and means "farmstead near a stronghold" in modern English. The development of Bierton as a village was hampered by its being a linear settlement along the last road leading from Aylesbury to have its toll gate removed. The extra costs involved in travelling northwards using this route deterred many merchants, who favoured the less costly route via Winslow and Buckingham. The village remained an important point on this alternative northward route however, due to the presence of a wagon pond. This was used to swell the wooden axles of carts, and was a popular watering spot for carthorses. The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great is largely 14th century. At one time the village contained no fewer than seven public houses and porter houses. The stained glass door of the long since defunct "Star" can still be seen, as can that of the "Eagle" next door to the Jubilee Hall. The two remaining pubs are the historically significant Red Lion, and the Bell. The Red Lion public house is a 16th-century inn, and was significant during the English Civil War. Bierton was a Royalist stronghold, opposed to its larger Parliamentarian neighbour of Aylesbury, and the Red Lion was host to many Cavalier Officers, and rumours have it to Charles I himself. A minor battle was fought northwest of the village towards Weedon. A Society of Particular Baptists were formed in Bierton in 1831. Their Articles of Religion declare they were Protestant, Calvinistic Baptists. The church met for worship at the Bierton Baptist Chapel, originally called the school house, which was constructed in 1832 and enlarged in 1835. The church became a Gospel Standard cause in 1981 and the last minister was sent to preach in the church in 1982. An unusual outreach meeting was held at the Bierton Baptist Chapel on 5 June 1983, which attracted the attention of Aylesbury's Bucks Herald news paper.