In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described North Barrow like this:
BARROW (North), a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; adjacent to the Wilts and Somerset railway, 3 miles SW of Castle-Cary. Post Town, Castle-Cary, under Bath. Acres, 751.-Real property, with South Barrow, £2,481. Pop., 114. Houses, 24. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £148.* Patron, Lord Portman. The church is good.
North Barrow through time
North Barrow is now part of South Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about North Barrow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of North Barrow in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12371
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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