Barrowden is a village in Rutland in the East Midlands of England.
| Barrowden | |
|---|---|
 The Duck Pond, Barrowden | |
  Barrowden Location within Rutland | |
| Area | 3.24 sq mi (8.4 km2) [1] |
| Population | 420 2001 Census[2] |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (50/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK946000 |
| • London | 78 miles (126 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Dialling code | 01572 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The village's name means 'burial-mound hill'. There are a number of barrows in the area.[3]
The population of the civil parish was 506 at the 2011 census.[4] There is a church, a village hall, a doctor's surgery and pharmacy, a community shop, a mobile library, a recreational field with cricket club and a pub, The Exeter Arms.
St Peter's Church, Barrowden is a Grade II* listed building.[5] In an ancient tradition, rushes or hay are laid on the floors of nave and porch for St Peter's Day (29 June). Marianne Mason (1807–1884), a farmer's daughter who taught at the Baptist Sunday school in Barrowden, married Thomas Cook here on 2 March 1833.
The Rutland Round and Jurassic Way long-distance paths pass through the village. The village was served by Wakerley and Barrowden railway station from 1873 to 1966. The station was across the River Welland in the neighbouring parish of Wakerley, Northamptonshire.
Barrowden is part of Ketton ward on Rutland County Council.
References
edit- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade II*) (1361433)". National Heritage List for England.
External links
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- Barrowden in the Domesday Book
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