Barrow, Shropshire

Barrow
Almshouses in Barrow, Shropshire
Barrow Location within Shropshire
Population	680 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ658000
Civil parish	Barrow
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Broseley
Postcode district	TF12
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°35′50″N2°30′22″W / 52.597235°N 2.506235°W / 52.597235; -2.506235

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, ^[1] increasing at the 2011 Census to 680. ^[2]

Site of Arlescott village.

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.

See also

• Listed buildings in Barrow, Shropshire

Notes and references

1. Area: Barrow CP (Parish), Office for National Statistics, 28 April 2004
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

External links

Media related to Barrow, Shropshire at Wikimedia Commons