Barrow, Cheshire

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Barrow
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Barrow
Location within Cheshire
Population941 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SJ469685
Civil parish
  • Barrow
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH3
Dialling code 01829
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
Website www.greatbarrow.com
List of places
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England
Cheshire
53°12′40″N2°47′42″W / 53.211°N 2.795°W / 53.211; -2.795 Coordinates: 53°12′40″N2°47′42″W / 53.211°N 2.795°W / 53.211; -2.795

Barrow is a civil parish, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains the village of Great Barrow and the hamlets of Little Barrow, Broomhill and Stamford Bridge. Great Barrow is situated about 4.5 miles (7 kilometres) east-north-east of Chester, 6 miles (10 kilometres) north-west of Tarporley and 6 miles (10 kilometres) south of Frodsham. [1] [2]

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At the time of the 2001 census the population was 943, [3] reducing marginally to 941 by the 2011 census. [4]

The name Barrow derives from the Old English bearu (a grove, or small wooded area) [5]

Little Barrow formerly had a station on the Mid-Cheshire line, named Barrow for Tarvin, but it closed in 1953. [6] The former Railway pub at Little Barrow is now the Foxcote tearoom, [7] but Great Barrow retains its pub, the White Horse, which also provides accommodation. [8] The Stamford Bridge Country Inn is near the A51 road, close to the River Gowy.

Barrow Cricket Club has two Saturday teams and a junior section. The 1st XI play in the Cheshire County Cricket League Division Two, and the 2nd XI plays in the UK Fast League Division B West. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 117 Chester & Wrexham (Ellesmere Port) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN   9780319231609.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Barrow Parish (13UB007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Barrow Parish (E04011045)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Key to English Place-Names: Barrow". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Station Name: Barrow for Tarvin". Disused Stations. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ↑ De Lucia, Carmella (12 March 2014). "Tearoom lives on with new buyers". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Home page". The White Horse. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to Barrow CC, Cheshire". play-cricket.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.


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