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Barrow

Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in , England, some 5 miles south of between Ironbridge and . Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlets of and , and the lost settlement of Caughley.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 887 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Barrow, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benthall Hall and St Giles’ Church, Barrow.

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is a 16th-century English country house in in the town of , , England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge.

Church
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St Giles' Church is in the hamlet of Barrow, , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Telford Severn Gorge, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.

Museum
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The is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The museum is based in the market town of in the Ironbridge Gorge, in , within a World Heritage Site, acclaimed as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Much Wenlock and Ironbridge.

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is a rustic 700-year-old medieval market town in . is filled with a patchwork of twisting streets, black and white half-timbered buildings, limestone cottages, speciality shops, numerous hostelries and watering holes and the remains of a magnificent 12th-century priory.

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is a riverside village in the borough of , , England. Located on the bank of the , at the heart of the Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge.

Town
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is a market town in , England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The flows to its north and east.

Barrow

Latitude
52.5966° or 52° 35′ 48″ north
Longitude
-2.507° or 2° 30′ 25″ west
Population
887
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
Open location code
9C4VHFWV+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1489665038
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7297090
Wiki­data ID
Q4577707
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Barrow” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Barrow”
  • Dutch: “Barrow”
  • French: “Barrow (Shropshire)”
  • French: “Barrow”
  • Irish: “Barrow”
  • Ladin: “Barrow”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barrow”
  • Norwegian: “Barrow”
  • Polish: “Barrow”
  • Swedish: “Barrow, Shropshire”
  • Swedish: “Barrow”
  • Turkish: “Barrow, Shropshire”
  • Welsh: “Barrow, Swydd Amwythig”
  • Welsh: “Barrow”
  • “Barrow”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Willey Hall Park & Gardens and Pump Plantation.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barrow”. Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.