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Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Barrow-upon-Humber, a large village and a parish in Glanford-Brigg union, Lincolnshire. The village stands 2¼ miles E of Barton, and has a post and telegraph office under Hull. The parish includes also New Holland; lies on the Humber, nearly opposite Hull; has a ferry there at Barrow-Haven to Hull, and is traversed along the coast by the Barton branch of the M.S. & L.R., with a station at New Holland and a road-side one at Barrow Haven. Acreage, 5050 of land and 181 of water and foreshore; population, 2695. An ancient monastery, founded by Wulpher, king of Mercia, stood at a place called Al Barwe. An extensive entrenchment, called the Castle, and supposed to have been an ancient British camp, exists about a mile NW of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £121 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Norman and Early English styles. There is a valuable endowment for a Sunday afternoon lectureship, and there are charities worth £14 a year. There are Congregational, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels. Barrow Hall is a country residence standing in a park of 150 acres.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLincolnshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBarrow-upon-Humber Holy Trinity 
Poor Law unionGlandford-Brigg 
WapentakeYarborough 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Barrow On Humber:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1560-19111754-18141560-19111576-1911

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Barrow upon Humber from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

CountyNorth Lincolnshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Postal districtDN19
Post TownBarrow-Upon-Humber

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