In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barrowby like this:
BARROWBY, a parish, with three hamlets, in Grantham district, Lincoln; on the Grantham and Nottingham railway, 1½ mile W of Grantham. It has a post office under Grantham. Acres, 4,462. Real property, £7,969. Pop., 862. Houses, 187. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £1,200.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is good.
Barrowby through time
Barrowby is now part of South Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barrowby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barrowby, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11511
Date accessed: 31st October 2024
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