Barrow, Shropshire

Hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England

Human settlement in England

Barrow

Unitary authority

Shropshire

Ceremonial county

Shropshire

Region

West Midlands

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52°35′50″N 2°30′22″W / 52.597235°N 2.506235°W / 52.597235; -2.506235

Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.

Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from Broseley to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlets of Willey and Benthall, and the lost settlement of Caughley. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 636,^[1] increasing at the 2011 Census to 680.^[2]

Barrow is a short distance south of the site of a lost mediaeval village, Arlescott. The Jack Mytton Way runs through both Arlescott and Barrow.

Notes and references

^ Area: Barrow CP (Parish), Office for National Statistics, 28 April 2004
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2015.