Barrow, Shropshire Explained

Civil Parish:Barrow
Country:England
Static Image Name:The Almshouses - geograph.org.uk - 418661.jpg
Static Image Width:240
Static Image Caption:Almshouses in Barrow, Shropshire
Coordinates:52.5972°N -2.5062°W
Official Name:Barrow
Population:680
Population Ref:(2011)
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Ludlow
Post Town:Broseley
Postcode District:TF12
Postcode Area:TF
Dial Code:01952
Os Grid Reference:SJ658000

Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.

Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from Broseley to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlets of Willey and Benthall, and the lost settlement of Caughley. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 636, increasing at the 2011 Census to 680.[1]

Barrow is a short distance south of the site of a lost mediaeval village, Arlescott. The Jack Mytton Way runs through both Arlescott and Barrow.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 22 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060446/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120421&c=Barrow&d=16&e=62&g=6460252&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448201893870&enc=1. 21 October 2016. dead.