Barrow Rutland Family History Guide

Barrow is a chapelry of Cottesmore Ancient Parish in Rutlandshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: see Cottesmore
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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARROW, or Berk, a hamlet in Cottesmore parish, Rutland; 5½ miles NNE of Oakham.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

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.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Directories

History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Rutland William White 1863

Barrow, a small village, township, and chapelry, in Cottesmore parish, is on an eminence, nearly 6 miles NNE of Oakham, and contains 146 inhabitants and 944 acres of land.

The Earl of Gainsborough owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor, which was called Berghdon in 1315, when it was held by the De Colville family. It afterwards passed to the Basset, Gournon, Wystan, Nicholas and Harrington families, who held it in socage, as part of the Earl of Exeter’s honor or manor of Bourne. Wm Wing Esq., and Messrs John Christian and Robt. Rippin own some of the land.

The Church is a small neat structure, which was built about 20 years ago by the late rector; the old chapel of ease having gone to decay some centuries before. The curacy is annexed to the rectory of Cottesmore.

DIRECTORY
Wm Leaverland shopkeeper and carrier to Oakham, Stamford, and Melton.
G H Stubbs carpenter
Wm Chamberlain baker
Betsy Stubbs beerseller
and Edward Baines, Edw Baines jun., Wm Berridge, John Christian, Robert Christian, John Hammond, and William Hammond, farmers and graziers.
Post from Oakham

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Rutland, Barrow – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Barrow, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Rutlandshire
  • Civil Registration District: Oakham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Peterborough (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Peterborough
  • Rural Deanery: Rutland
  • Poor Law Union: Oakham
  • Hundred: Alstow
  • Province: Canterbury