# Barrowby > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barrowby > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barrowby.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrowby > Source revision: 1355263122 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}} {{for|Barrowby in West Yorkshire|Austhorpe}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Barrowby |local_name = |country = England |population = |population_density = |os_grid_reference = SK880363 |map_type = |coordinates = {{coord|52.917|-0.692|display=inline,title}} |shire_district = [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) |shire_county = [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire) |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = [Sleaford and North Hykeham](/source/Sleaford_and_North_Hykeham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) |post_town= GRANTHAM |postcode_district = NG32 |postcode_area = NG |dial_code = 01476 |london_distance_mi = 100 |london_direction= S }} '''Barrowby''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) district of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} west of [Grantham](/source/Grantham). It overlooks the [Vale of Belvoir](/source/Vale_of_Belvoir) and has a Grade I [listed](/source/listed_building) [parish church](/source/parish_church). The hamlet of [Casthorpe](/source/Casthorpe) is part of the parish. The 2001 Census listed 795 households and a population of 1,996,{{Cite web |title=Neighbourhood statistics |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460 |work=2001 census |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064708/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} which fell to 840 households with 1,952 inhabitants at the 2011 census.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120426&c=Barrowby&d=16&e=62&g=6447233&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461315111234&enc=1 |title=Civil parish population 2011 |accessdate=22 April 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It was estimated at 1,986 in 2019.[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/lincolnshire/E34003035__barrowby/ City Population. Retrieved 20 February 2021.] ==Etymology== thumb|left|110px|Barrowby signpost The first written records for Barrowby appear in the ''[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)'' of 1086, in which the village is referred to as "Bergebi". This is thought to derive from the [Scandinavian](/source/North_Germanic_languages) languages' ''berg-by'' meaning village by the hill. ==History== The Domesday Book record shows there was a church with a priest and {{convert|60|acre|km2}} of meadow. The village belonged until the 19th century to the historical [wapentake](/source/hundred_(county_subdivision)) of [Winnibriggs and Threo](/source/Winnibriggs_and_Threo).Vision of Britain site: [https://archive.today/20120919024935/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10005838&c_id=+ Retrieved 16 March 2012.] The ''[Domesday](/source/Domesday)'' village of Casthorpe is {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} west from Barrowby. By the 14th century it was referred to in records as two holdings, East{{PastScape |mnumber=323653 |mname=DMV at East Casthorpe |accessdate=10 April 2010}} and West{{PastScape |mnumber=323656 |mname=DMV at West Casthorpe |accessdate=10 April 2010}} Casthorpe. It is now little more than a cluster of farm buildings.Lost Villages [https://www.dmv.hull.ac.uk/dmvDetail.cfm?dbkey=3672&county=true. Retrieved 14 May 2018.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141724/https://www.dmv.hull.ac.uk/dmvDetail.cfm?dbkey=3672&county=true |date=14 May 2018}} A further deserted medieval village is Newbo, {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} to the north-west, site of [Newbo Abbey](/source/Newbo_Abbey). The village was located by archaeologists in 1970.{{PastScape |mnumber=891671 |mname=DMV at Newbo |accessdate=10 April 2010}}[https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI30103 Newbo info], heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2022. ===1941 mid-air collision=== {{See also|List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom}} On 11 October 1941, at 9.20pm, a [Junkers Ju 88](/source/Junkers_Ju_88) 'R4+NL', of [Nachtjagdgeschwader 2](/source/Nachtjagdgeschwader_2), had a mid-air collision with a RAF [Airspeed Ltd.](/source/Airspeed_Ltd.) aircraft; the British aircraft ''AB767'' crashed at 87 Dysart Road.[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/234852 Ju 88][https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/141508 October 1941] Three German aircrew were killed, after the Junkers aircraft crashed at Westry Corner. * Leutnant [Hans Hahn](/source/Hans_Hahn_(night_fighter_pilot)) (21 February 1919- 1941, a Ritterkreuzträger, awarded on 9 July 1941) * Unteroffizier Ernst-Wilhelm Meissler * Unteroffizier Helmuth Scheidt On Monday 21 April 1941 2.35am, over nearby [Stroxton](/source/Stroxton), Hans Hahn had shot down [Fairey Battle](/source/Fairey_Battle) 'P6674'.[https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/224123 April 1941] ==Geography== Barrowby stands where the [A52 road](/source/A52_road) crosses the [A1 road](/source/A1_road_(Great_Britain)), which separates the village from the western edge of Grantham. The village is close to the Lincolnshire border with [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire) and [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire). It is {{convert|300|ft|m}} above sea level and adjacent to the [Vale of Belvoir](/source/Vale_of_Belvoir). From the village it is possible to see [Belvoir Castle](/source/Belvoir_Castle), [Lincoln Cathedral](/source/Lincoln_Cathedral), and multiple power stations in the [Trent](/source/River_Trent) valley, including [West Burton](/source/West_Burton%2C_Nottinghamshire) and [Cottam](/source/Cottam%2C_Nottinghamshire), near [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough%2C_Lincolnshire) over {{convert|40|mi|km|sigfig=1}} away. Adjoining villages include [Sedgebrook](/source/Sedgebrook), [Harlaxton](/source/Harlaxton), [Denton](/source/Denton%2C_Lincolnshire) and the hamlets of Casthorpe and Stenwith. {{clear left}} ==Culture and community== thumb|right|The White Swan, Barrowby thumb|right|All Saints Church, Barrowby There has been a Barrowby fête or gala in various forms since the 1950s. From 2004 until recently, an annual Barrowby Gala and Beer Festival was held on the village green. The event, with stalls, games, fairground rides, and [tug of war](/source/tug_of_war), was organised by a committee of village residents.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} Barrowby combines old buildings, cottages and manor houses, with newer buildings in a housing estate built within the last few decades. Linking the new housing estate and the original Barrowby centre are two main roads, High Road and Low Road. Some surrounding road names reflect the names of patrons and residents who established and shaped the village.Street name list [https://cartographic.info/uk_street/showv2.php?p=South%20Kesteven%20District&t=Barrowby. Retrieved 14 May 2018.] Barrowby contains a cafe and a [Co-op](/source/Lincolnshire_Co-operative). It had a post office till 2023 when the post mistress left and a butcher's that closed in 2023. The village public house is ''The White Swan''. Until 1959 there was a second public house, ''The Marquis of Granby Inn'',{{Cite web |url=http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lincolnshire/barrowby.html |title=Lost pubs in Barrowby, Lincolnshire}} on the corner of Welby Court and Main Street. It is pictured in a 1910 postcard of the village. {{main|All Saints Church, Barrowby}} The [Anglican](/source/Anglican) Grade I listed parish church, dedicated to All Saints, was built in the 13th and 14th centuries from ironstone and limestone, in the [Early English](/source/English_Gothic_architecture) and [Perpendicular](/source/English_Gothic_architecture) Gothic styles. The church was extensively restored in 1852 and 1870.{{PastScape |mnumber=323676 |mname=Church |accessdate=10 April 2010}} It includes a medieval door on the south side of the [chancel](/source/chancel), a humorous [corbel](/source/corbel) at the foot of a south window, depicting a head that seems to have been pinched out of place by the adjacent buttress, and a blocked north door. Significant internal features include [stained glass](/source/stained_glass) windows.{{Cite web |url=http://www.barrowbychurch.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to Barrowby Church |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905015139/http://www.barrowbychurch.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }} The [ecclesiastical parish](/source/parish) belongs to the Barrowby and [Great Gonerby](/source/Great_Gonerby) group in the [Deanery](/source/Deanery) of [Grantham](/source/Grantham), [Diocese of Lincoln](/source/Diocese_of_Lincoln). The incumbent was Rev. Peter Hopkins until his retirement in 2019.[https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/1-march/gazette/resignations/resignations-and-retirements Church Times].{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19104000/ |title=Ecclesiastical Parish details |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073355/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?19104000%2F |archivedate=16 July 2011}} Services are held in Gonerby and at All Saints.{{Cite web |url=http://www.barrowbychurch.org.uk/ |title=All Saint's church web site}} There was a Methodist chapel in Chapel Lane, next to where the post office now stands.{{Cite web |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Barrowby/ChapelLaneMethodistUnitedFree/ |title=Chapel Lane, Barrowby, Methodist (United Free)}} ==Education== Barrowby [parish school](/source/primary_school) was built in 1852 adjacent to the church. Part of the original school hall and bell tower remain. It has since been modernised with additional buildings. It has a school roll of about 240 pupils aged 4–11 and has received Basic Skills Mark, [Healthy Schools](/source/Healthy_Schools_status), and [Eco-Schools](/source/Eco-Schools) Silver Status awards.{{Cite web |title=Barrow by C of E School: Ofsted Dashboard |url=http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=120513 |website=ofsted.gov.uk |accessdate=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303063058/http://dashboard.ofsted.gov.uk/dash.php?urn=120513 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Barrowby C of E Primary School |url=http://www.barrowby.lincs.sch.uk |website=barrowby.lincs.sch.uk |accessdate=22 February 2016}} ==Notable people== *Dr Thomas Hurst was born in the village in 1598 and became rector of Barrowby in 1629. He became chaplain to [King Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England).Grantham Civic Society report [https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/grantham-civic-society-column-thomas-hurst-was-chaplain-to-charles-i-1-7015159/ Retrieved 14 May 2018.] * [Henry Savile](/source/Henry_Savile_(politician)), diplomat, MP for Newark{{cite web | url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/savile-henry-1642-87 | title=SAVILE, Henry (C.1642-87), of Barrowby, Lincs. And Whitehall. | History of Parliament Online }} and libertine (c1642-1687), was born at Rufford and was a great friend of the notorious [Earl of Rochester](/source/Earl_of_Rochester). *[Sir John Thorold, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Thorold%2C_4th_Baronet) was a landowner who owned about a quarter of the parish, the other parts being split between the [Duke of Devonshire](/source/Duke_of_Devonshire) and the Welby family. The Thorold family also owned land in the nearby villages of Casthorpe and [Sedgebrook](/source/Sedgebrook). Thorold Road is named after Sir John.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} *[Frank Jenkinson](/source/Frank_Jenkinson), OBE (1882–1965) was born Barrowby Vale, Jenkinson was a farmer, magistrate, and influential local politician. He served as Chairman of Kesteven County Council and was recognized for his contributions to agriculture and public service.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} ==Further reading== *De Ville, Eileen: ''Guide to Barrowby Parish Church, All Saints'' (1977), Journal Commercial Printers, 1977 *''Barrowby: a guide to the archaeology of the Parish'', King's School, Archaeological Society, c. 1971 File:Barrowby Old Schoolhouse.JPG|Barrowby old schoolhouse File:Barrowby Chapel.JPG|Barrowby reading room File:Barrowby All Saints pinched Corbel.JPG|Corbel on All Saints, pushed out by buttress File:Barrowby All Saints Blocked South Chancel door.JPG|Barrowby All Saints blocked south chancel door File:Barrowby 17th C House.JPG|17th-century house in Barrowby ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Barrowby}} *[http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-0.69400&GridN=52.91630&lon=-0.69400&lat=52.91630&db=freegaz&cidr_client=none&lang=&place=Barrowby,Lincolnshire&pc=&advanced=&client=public&addr2=&quicksearch=barrowby&addr3=&scale=100000&addr1= Location map of Barrowby] *[http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=488500&Y=336000&width=700&height=410&gride=487912.893325662&gridn=336226.689427709&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=1&scale=25000 Aerial view of Barrowby] *[http://www.barrowby.lincs.sch.uk Web site of Barrowby CofE Primary School, Barrowby] *[http://www.barrowbychurch.org.uk/ All Saints Church Barrowby] *[http://www.barrowby.org.uk/ Barrowby Improvement Group (B.I.G.)] *{{OpenDomesday|SK8736|barrowby|Barrowby}} {{Portal bar|England|United Kingdom}} {{Lincolnshire}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Lincolnshire Category:Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:South Kesteven Category:Areas of Grantham --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barrowby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrowby) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrowby?action=history)). 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