Barrow Burn

{{Short description|Hamlet in Upper Coquetdale in the county of Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Barrowburn |country = England |region = North East England |shire_county = Northumberland |shire_district = Northumberland |constituency_westminster= Berwick-upon-Tweed |population = |post_town = MORPETH |postcode_area = NE |postcode_district = NE65 |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = NT865105 |coordinates = {{coord|55.388|-2.214|display=inline,title}} |static_image = Barrowburn and Windyhaugh on the Upper Coquet - geograph.org.uk - 378485.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption = Barrowburn and Windyhaugh }}

'''Barrowburn''' is a hamlet in Upper Coquetdale in the county of Northumberland, England. It comprises a working farm with associated buildings and two holiday lets. One of the holiday lets is the Old School House, which closed as a school in the 1970s.<ref name=OS80>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 80 ''Cheviot Hills & Kielder Water''|ISBN= 9780319229668 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=30 January 2016}}</ref> The settlement is situated by the River Coquet, at its confluence with Barrow Burn (stream), after which the settlement is named.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Barrowburn, Northumberland {{!}} Co-Curate|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/barrowburn-northumberland/|access-date=2021-01-30|website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk}}</ref> There is a road bridge over the Coquet and a ford over the burn here.

== History == Barrowburn is thought to be the site of a deserted medieval village and there was a medieval fulling mill at Windyhaugh, a short distance upstream on the River Coquet.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Barrowburn mill (Alwinton)|url=http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N25113|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203154628/http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N25113 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |access-date=30 January 2021|website=Keys to the Past}}</ref> Historically, the settlement and surrounding area formed the township of Barrow, which was part of the ancient parish of Alwinton. Barrow became a civil parish in its own right in 1866.<ref name=":0" /> The old village hall at Barrowburn was used for markets and dances for farmers from the valley, and also for mass sheep clipping. Windyhaugh School was built in 1879 and was in use as a school until 1978 (in 1993 it was converted to become Barrowburn camping barn).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Barrowburn Camping Barn/Windyhaugh School (Alwinton)|url=http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N25144|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=30 January 2021|website=Keys to the Past}}</ref> In 1955, Barrow Civil Parish was abolished and the area became part of Alwinton Civil Parish.<ref name=":0" />

== Governance == '''Barrowburn''' is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Barrow Burn}}

Category:Hamlets in Northumberland