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Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for
1900 |
Barrow on Humber is a parish
and large well-built village, 2 miles south
from the Humber, 2 miles south-west from
New Holland station on that branch and 1¾
south from Barrow Haven station on the Barton
branch of the Great Central (late M.S. and
L.) railway, 2½ east from Barton
and 5 south-south-west from Hull, in the
North Lindsey division of the county, parts
of Lindsey, north division of Yarborough
wapentake, Glanford Brigg union, Barton-upon-Humber
petty sessional division and county court
district, rural deanery of Yarborough No.1,
archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln.
There is a ferry across the Humber to Hull.
The village is lighted with gas by the Barrow
on Humber Gas Co. Ltd, formed in 1877, who
bought the works from the Provincial Gas
Light and Coke Co. The church of the Holy
Trinity is an ancient edifice of stone in
the Norman and Early English styles, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, organ
chamber and an embattled western tower with
pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells,
which have been re-hung, at a cost of £130:
a stained triplet of lancets was inserted
in 1856: the chancel retains a piscina and
aumbry: there are several stained windows
and choir stalls of oak, erected mainly
at the cost of Mrs. Maw, of The Grange:
the church plate was presented by an ancestor
of the late Mr. Kirk, of Barrow: the church
was partially restored in 1841 and 1856,
and again in the year 1869, at a cost of
£1,400, under the direction of Messrs.
Kirk and Parry architects, of Sleaford;
in 1868 the church was reseated and further
restored: there are sittings for 397 persons.
The register dates from the year 1561. The
Living is a vicarage, net yearly value £213,
including 35 acres of glebe, with residence,
in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and
held since 1878 by the Rev. John Parker
M.A. University College of Durham. Sir John
Nelthorpe bart. In 1669 bequeathed lands
to found a Sunday afternoon lectureship,
the appointment to which is in the hands
of trustees; the Rev. John Parker MA is
the present lecturer. Here are Wesleyan,
Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels.
In 1856 a cemetery was formed, at a cost
of £1,000, with an area of 4 acres:
it has two chapels, and is now under the
control of the Parish Council. The charities
left in 1596 by Roger, 5th Earl of Rutland,
amount to £14 2s. 6d. yearly, of which
£7 6s. 8d. is distributed among the
poor by the vicar and churchwardens. Barrow
Fair is held on October 11th. About a mile
to the north - west of the village, on the
marsh, is an earthwork called "The
Castle" in about 8 acres, and consists
of a large circular mound, surrounded by
a fosse 40 feet wide, and surmounted by
a small tumulus: round this are grouped
several irregularly shaped outworks, also
enfossed: the fortification was well protected
on the south by a stream which formerly
created a swamp or bog in that direction.
A little to the north of the village is
the site of a convent, founded by St. Chad
in the 7th century and which Bede says remained
in his time (673 -735): some years ago stone
coffins, a gold ring, an iron weapon and
other relics were found here. Barrow Hall,
a well-built mansion of brick, on the south
side of the village, is now the residence
of the Rev. George Crowle Uppleby, and stands
within a park of 150 acres. The manorial
rights, which belonged to the Crown, were
sold in the year 1859. The lords of the
manor are Henry Edwards Paine and Richard
Brettell esqrs. Both of Chertsey, Surrey.
The principal landowners are the Rev. G.C.
Uppleby, the trustees of Mrs. Maw, Tombleson's
trustees and the Corbett trustees. The soil
is partly loam, chalk and clay; subsoil,
principally chalk. The chief crops are wheat,
barley, oats and turnips. The area is 5,050
acres of land, 15 of water, 5 of tidal water
and 161 of foreshore; rateable value, £15,485,
including New Holland; the population in
1891 was 2,687, including New Holland (1,176).
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