Barrow (St. Bartholomew)
BARROW (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the
union of Great Boughton, Second division of the
hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of
Chester, 4½ miles (E. N. E.) from Chester; containing
668 inhabitants. This place consists of Great and Little
Barrow. It was given by Ranulph, Earl of Chester, to
his nephew William de Albini, Earl of Arundel. The
two manors were at a later period possessed by the
Despencers, and, after their attainder, were granted by
Edward III. to Sir Roger de Swinerton, an heiress of
whose family brought them, in marriage, to Sir John
Savage, who was knighted by Henry V. at the battle of
Agincourt. They afterwards came to the noble family
of Cholmondeley. The parish comprises 2774 acres,
the soil of which is sand and clay, the ground is elevated, and there is a fine view of the city of Chester,
with the Welsh hills in the distance. The road from
Chester to Northwich passes on the south. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £19. 16. 2½.,
and in the gift of Lord H. Cholmondeley: the tithes
have been commuted for £460, with a house. A school
is endowed with about £6 per annum. Here was a commandery of the Knights Hospitallers, founded in the
reign of Henry II., and valued at the Dissolution at
£107. 3. 8.
Barrow (St. Wilfrid)
BARROW (St. Wilfrid), a parish, in the union of
Shardlow, partly in the hundred of Appletree, and
partly in that of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 5¾ miles (S.) from Derby;
containing 641 inhabitants. The manor, at the time of
the Domesday survey, was held by Godwin under Henry
de Ferrars. An estate here, which had been parcel of
the manor of Melbourne, was annexed to the see of
Carlisle before 1273, and was held on lease, under the
bishops, by the family of Coke. This estate was enfranchised by act of parliament in 1704, and became the
property of Daniel Dalrymple, Esq., by purchase from
Lord Melbourne, about the year 1800. The parish includes the chapelry of Twyford with Stenson, and the
liberty of Sinfin with Arleston; and comprises about
1140 acres, whereof two-thirds are arable, and the rest
pasture, with small plantations: the soil is chiefly a
light loam, and the scenery picturesque. The river
Trent bounds the parish on the south, and the Trent and
Mersey canal passes through. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 6. 5½.; net
income, £105; patron, the Rev. John Latham. The
tithes have been commuted for £245; and the glebe
consists of about 40 acres. In addition to the parochial
church, there is a chapel of ease at Twyford. The
Wesleyans and Independents have places of worship;
and a school is endowed with £8 per annum, the gift of
Elizabeth Sale in 1702. A preceptory of Knights Templars formerly existed here.
Barrow
BARROW, a village and sea-port, in the township
of Hawcoat, parish of Dalton, union of Ulverston,
hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division
of the county of Lancaster, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from
Dalton, and 9 (S. W.) from Ulverston, the post-town.
This place is situated at the south-western extremity of
the district of Furness, opposite to the isle of Walney
and Old Barrow island. The trade consists chiefly in
the export of malt, slate, and iron-ore, of which two
last articles vast quantities are brought from the mines
and quarries in the vicinity by the Furness railway: an
excellent pier of wood was built by the railway company
in 1846. The land near the village is mostly arable,
the surface rather uneven, and the soil a stiff clay.
About a mile on the road to Dalton is a chapel in connexion with the Establishment, built by subscription in
1845.
Barrow
BARROW, a township, in the parish of Hallystone,
union of Rothbury, W. division of Coquetdale ward,
N. division of Northumberland, 9½ miles (W. N. W.)
from Rothbury; containing 22 inhabitants. It is situated on the south side of the Coquet river, near the confluence of the Barrow burn.
Barrow
BARROW, a chapelry, in the parish of Cottesmore,
union of Oakham, hundred of Alstoe, county of Rutland, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Oakham; containing 142
inhabitants. The tithes were commuted for land and a
money payment, under an inclosure act of the 39th and
40th of George III.
Barrow (St. Giles)
BARROW (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of
Madeley, liberties of the borough of Wenlock, S. division of Salop, 3½ miles (E. by S.) from Much Wenlock;
containing 383 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, annexed to the rectory of Willey: the tithes
payable to the impropriator have been commuted for
£283. 2., and those to the perpetual curate for £3. 15.
Here is a small free school, to which £10 per annum
were bequeathed in 1631 by John Slaney, who also
founded an almshouse for six persons.
Barrow
BARROW, a tything, in the parish of KingsburyEpiscopi, union of Langport, E. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 5 miles
(N. N. E.) from Ilminster; containing 242 inhabitants.
The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £245.
A conical hill, in a great degree the work of art, was
raised here to Ina, King of the West Saxons, who is
said to have been buried at this place; near it is a mansion of considerable antiquity.
Barrow (All Saints)
BARROW (All Saints), a parish, in the union and
hundred of Thingoe, W. division of Suffolk, 6¾ miles
(W.) from Bury; containing 995 inhabitants, and comprising 2665a. 2r. 33p., of which 156 acres are common
or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £23. 9. 9½., and in the patronage of St. John's
College, Cambridge: the tithes have been commuted
for £810, and there are 62 acres of glebe. The church
is a spacious building of the time of Henry III. or
Edward I. There is an endowment of about £21 per
annum for the education of children. A rental of £36
(subject to a deduction of £3. 12. 4.) arising from land
and tenements assigned by deed of the Rev. John Crosier, in the 12th of Elizabeth, is applied to the purposes of a church-rate; and about £20 are distributed
among the poor. The Rev. Philip Francis, the translator of Horace, was rector of this parish.
Barrow-Gurney (Holy Trinity)
BARROW-GURNEY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in
the union of Bedminster, hundred of Hartcliffe
with Bedminster, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles
(S. W.) from Bristol; containing 303 inhabitants. It
comprises 2026 acres, of which 339 are arable, 1448 pasture, 97 wood, and 16 common. The living is a donative; net income, £71; patron, Montague Gore, Esq.
A Benedictine nunnery was founded here about 1200,
the revenue of which, at the Dissolution, was valued at
£29. 6. 8.: the site is occupied by a fine old mansion in
the Elizabethan style.
Barrow, North (St. Nicholas)
BARROW, NORTH (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division
of Somerset, 2¾ miles (S. W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 140 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 17. 8½., and
in the patronage of Lord Portman: the tithes have
been commuted for £115, and there are about 41 acres
of glebe.
Barrow, South (St. Peter)
BARROW, SOUTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division
of Somerset, 3¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Castle-Cary;
containing 140 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, with a net income of £80, and in the patronage
of Mrs. Toogood, to whom also belong the tithes, which
have been commuted for £245.
Barrow-Upon-Humber (Holy Trinity)
BARROW-UPON-HUMBER (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Glandford-Brigg, N. division
of the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey,
county of Lincoln, 2¼ miles (E.) from Barton-uponHumber; containing 1662 inhabitants. Henry VIII.
landed at this place on his route to Thornton Abbey.
The parish is situated on the river Humber, and on the
road from London through Peterborough and Lincoln
to Hull; it comprises 4720 acres, of which 3000 are
arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture, with
one or two small plantations. The soil of the arable
land is a strong rich loam, and there is also some fine
turnip land; in that part of the parish near the
Humber, the soil is a kind of clay warp, apparently
embanked from the river at some early period. The
village, which is large and well built, comprises a spacious street, at the south end of which is an area called
the market-place, with an ancient cross; the view of
Hull and neighbouring parts of Yorkshire is very fine.
A manufactory of glue is carried on, affording employment to about 20 persons. A market for cattle,
held once a fortnight, was commenced in 1832, but
afterwards discontinued; and in the same year was
established a ferry for passengers and cattle, from a
place called New Holland, in this parish, to Hull, a
distance of 2¾ miles. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £9. 16.; net income,
£348: the patronage and impropriation belong to the
Crown. The tithes were commuted for corn-rents
and a money payment in 1797. The church is an
ancient Norman structure, with a handsome tower of
later English architecture, and exhibits appearances of
having been repaired at different times and in various
styles. There are places of worship for Wesleyans,
Primitive Methodists, and Independents. About a mile
north-westward from the village is an intrenchment
called the Castle, supposed to have been a British camp;
and near it are several barrows. A monastery was
founded about the middle of the seventh century, by
Wulphere, King of Mercia; and in digging on the site,
a little north of the village, some years since, a coffin, a
valuable gold ring, and other remains were found. Harrison, the inventor of the chronometer for discovering
the longitude at sea, and who, in 1763, received a premium of £20,000 from the Board of Longitude, was a
native of the place.
Barrow-Upon-Soar (Holy Trinity)
BARROW-UPON-SOAR (Holy Trinity), a parish,
and the head of a union, partly in the hundred of East,
but chiefly in that of West, Goscote, N. division of the
county of Leicester; containing 5913 inhabitants,
of whom 1837 are in Barrow proper, 3 miles (E. S. E.)
from Loughborough. The parish consists of Barrow
proper; a part of the market-town of Mountsorrel; the
chapelries of Quorndon and Woodhouse, and the consolidated chapelry or district of St. Paul's, WoodhouseEaves; the manor of Beaumanor; and the hamlets of
Mapplewell, Charley, and Alderman-Haw. It comprises 9100 acres of land, the soil of which is of various
kinds, from the finest meadow and richest loam to cold
clayey and sterile mountain. The district has for many
centuries been noted for its excellent lime, which is
made from a hard blue-lias stone, and is extensively
used in works where great hardness is necessary: the
pier at Ramsgate was built with it, after all other kinds
of lime had failed; and from its property of hardening
under water, it has been used in Holland. Near
Mountsorrel and Quorndon are very extensive and valuable quarries of granite; the midland counties are
hence supplied with material for the repair of roads, and
the stone is also used for architectural purposes. In
Charnwood forest are quarries of primitive slate, which
for centuries has been used for covering buildings, and is
in much request for tombstones, and many domestic
purposes. Barrow proper, and Mountsorrel and Quorndon, are situated on the river Soar, which is navigable
through the parish; and here is an intermediate station
of the Midland railway, whose course is continued over
the Soar by a viaduct of five arches, each spanning 30
feet.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books
at £15. 2. 8½., and in the patronage of St. John's College, Cambridge: the tithes have been commuted for
180 acres of land. There are three other incumbencies,
in the three chapelries; and places of worship for
Wesleyans, Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Roman
Catholics. The free grammar school is endowed with
land producing £110 per annum, bequeathed by the
Rev. Humphrey Perkins in 1717. An almshouse for
six widowers or "ancient bachelors" was founded in
1686 by the Rev. Humphrey Babington, who endowed
it with an estate now producing about £500 per annum:
the number of inmates has been increased to eleven
aged men and a nurse, and six aged widows. The
whole of the property belonging to the parish, applied
to charitable purposes, amounts to about £1400 per
annum. The poor law union of which Barrow is the
head, comprises 30 parishes and places, and contains
a population of 19,695. William Beveridge, the learned
Bishop of St. Asaph, was born here in 1638, in a
house which is still standing.
Barrowby (All Saints)
BARROWBY (All Saints), a parish, in the union
of Grantham, wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (W.) from Grantham;
containing, with the hamlets of Breather-Hills, Casthorpe,
and Stenwith, 799 inhabitants. The parish comprises
4330a. 1r. 21p. of fertile land, intersected by the
Grantham canal. The Duke of Devonshire, who is
proprietor of about one-half of the soil, is lord of the
manor: the ancient Hall is now a farmhouse. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £31. 1. 5½.;
net income, £1084; patron, the Duke. The church is
a neat edifice in the pointed style, with a tower and
spire. There are places of worship for Independents
and Wesleyans. At Neubo, in the parish, Richard de
Malebisse in 1198 founded an abbey of Præmonstratensian canons in honour of the Blessed Virgin, which
at the Dissolution had a revenue of £115. 11. 8.
Barrowden (St. Peter)
BARROWDEN (St. Peter), a parish, in the union
of Uppingham, hundred of Wrandike, county of Rutland, 7 miles (S. W.) from Stamford; containing 658
inhabitants. It comprises 1997 acres, whereof 388 are
common or waste; and is bounded on the south by the
river Welland, which separates the counties of Rutland
and Northampton. Excellent rugs are manufactured
from sheep-skins; also parchment, glue, leather for the
binding of books, hat-linings, &c. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £14. 13. 1½., and in the
gift of the Marquess of Exeter: the glebe consists of
26 acres, and a glebe-house has recently been erected;
the rector's tithes have been commuted for £588. 13.,
and £30. 3. are also paid to the incumbent of South
Luffenham. There is a place of worship for Baptists.
Barrowford
BARROWFORD, a township, in the parochial
chapelry of Colne, parish of Whalley, union of
Burnley, Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 2½
miles (W.) from Colne; containing 2630 inhabitants.
This place in the reign of Henry VII. constituted two
vaccaries, called Over and Nether Barrowford. It is a
large township at the junction of several streams flowing
into the Colne water; and comprises 1342 acres. The
spinning and manufacture of cotton prevail extensively.
Carr Hall was the property of Richard Towneley in 1760,
and afterwards of Col. Clayton; Park Hill was long the
seat of the Banisters. A district church has been
erected, dedicated to St. Thomas; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Hulme's Trustees, and the
incumbent has a net income of £150. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyans.
Barsby
BARSBY, a chapelry, in the parish of Ashby-Folville, union of Melton-Mowbray, hundred of East
Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6
miles (S. W. by S.) from Melton-Mowbray; containing
291 inhabitants. It comprises 914 acres, of which 774
are pasture, and 140 arable.
Barsham (Holy Trinity)
BARSHAM (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union
and hundred of Wangford, E. division of Suffolk,
2 miles (W. by S.) from Beccles; containing 250 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1777 acres,
of which 1000 are arable; and is situated on the road
from Beccles to Bungay, and bounded on the north by
the navigable river Waveney, which separates it from
the county of Norfolk. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £15. 6. 8.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. A. I. Suckling, whose tithes have been
commuted for £445, and who has 72 acres of glebe. The
church and parsonage are picturesquely situated; the
former is chiefly in the early English style, and consists
of a nave and chancel, with a circular tower. Lawrence
Echard, author of the General Ecclesiastical History;
Capt. Morris Suckling, uncle to Lord Nelson, and with
whom Nelson went his first voyages; and the mother
of Nelson, were born here.
Barsham, East (All Saints)
BARSHAM, EAST (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Walsingham, hundred of Gallow, W. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (N.) from Fakenham; containing 240 inhabitants. It comprises 1167a. 2r. 32p.,
of which 990 acres are arable, 134 pasture and meadow,
and 34 woodland; the village is picturesquely situated
on the banks of the river Stiffkey, and on the road from
Fakenham to Walsingham. Of the once splendid Hall
there only remain the south front and lofty entrance
gateway, which form a fine specimen of ornamental brickwork in the Tudor style, with towers and turrets. The
living is a discharged vicarage, endowed with the great
tithes, and with the rectory of Little Snoring annexed,
valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4.; patron, Lord
Hastings. The tithes of East Barsham have been commuted for £313, and there are nearly nine acres of
glebe. The church consists of a nave only, with a
square tower on the north side; the entrance is through
a Norman doorway.
Barsham, North (All Saints)
BARSHAM, NORTH (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Walsingham, hundred of Gallow, W. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Little
Walsingham; containing 89 inhabitants. It is intersected by the river Stiffkey, and comprises 1015a. 2r.
35p., of which 960 acres are arable, and 43 meadow and
pasture. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in
the king's books at £6, and in the gift of the Earl of
Orford: the tithes have been commuted for £330. 15.,
and there is a glebe of 18 acres, with a house. The
church is chiefly in the early English style.
Barsham, West
BARSHAM, WEST, a parish, in the union of Walsingham, hundred of Gallow, W. division of Norfolk,
2¾ miles (N. N. W.) from Fakenham; containing 86
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £5. 12. 1.; net income, £155;
patron and impropriator, C. M. Balders, Esq. The
church is partly in the early English, and partly in the
decorated style; the entrance on the south is through
a Norman doorway.
Barston (St. Swithin)
BARSTON (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of
Solihull, Solihull division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick, 4
miles (E. by S.) from Knowle; containing 392 inhabitants. In Domesday book it is written Bercestone, the
name, it is supposed, of a possessor in the time of
the Saxons. It was anciently given to the Knights Templars and the Hospitallers, and was granted after the
Dissolution (4th of Elizabeth) to John Fisher and others.
The parish is almost surrounded by the small river
Blythe, and comprises by computation 1844 acres; the
adjacent country abounds with good scenery, and with
objects of interest, and the village is pleasantly situated
on an eminence commanding a fine prospect. The
Birmingham and Warwick canal approaches within a
mile, and the London and Birmingham railway within a
mile and a half, of the village. Edward Barber, Esq.,
who is a large proprietor, has a mansion here. The living
is a rectory, annexed to that of Berkeswell: the tithes
have been commuted for £180. The church is a plain
edifice of brick, erected about the commencement of the
last century, upon the site of the ancient structure. A
school, in connexion with the church, has just been
built.
Bartestree
BARTESTREE, a chapelry, in the parish of Dormington, hundred of Greytree, union and county of
Hereford, 4½ miles (E.) from Hereford; containing
44 inhabitants. The chapelry is situated near the right
bank of the river Froome, and is crossed by the road
from Hereford to Ledbury; it comprises 410 acres. The
living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of
Dormington. A rent-charge of £90 has been awarded
as a commutation for the vicarial tithes. The chapel is
dedicated to St. James.