Place Name
Named after an earlier farm or manor, which itself took its name from the Old English word berg meaning “arable strips on or by a hill”. It was first recorded as La Bergh in 1241. Much later, in 1819, it was written as Barrow.
Named after an earlier farm or manor, which itself took its name from the Old English word berg meaning “arable strips on or by a hill”. It was first recorded as La Bergh in 1241. Much later, in 1819, it was written as Barrow.