Barlow,_Derbyshire

Barlow, Derbyshire

Barlow, Derbyshire

Human settlement in England

53.268°N 1.484°W / 53.268; -1.484

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Barlow is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 884, increasing to 920 at the 2011 Census.[1] The village is about 4 miles north-west of Chesterfield.

Culture

The village holds an annual well dressing (on the second Wednesday after the first Sunday in August) and a carnival (on the following Saturday).

Notable buildings

Church of St Lawrence

Barlow's church is dedicated to St Lawrence. Barlow Woodseats Hall, on the edge of the village, is the only manor house in the parish and dates from the 17th century. Amongst the other historical buildings is Lee, or Lea, Bridge, which is a grade II listed early 18th-century packhorse bridge; it has been described as "a substantially complete example of rural bridge 'engineering'".[2][3]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    Historic England. "Lee Bridge (Grade II) (1271003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Lee Bridge, Barlow, Derbyshire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. [4]
    William Owtram in the Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain
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    Bernie Clifton Life Story Interview New Album The Voice Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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