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Near the village school is a stone set into the pavement that is said to mark where a highwayman was once hanged. Mr Macrow of Barrow Hall was collecting the parish tithes in 1789 when he was shot at by a highwayman. The villain's horse lost a shoe, which enabled him to be tracked down and hanged on
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A butterfly farm was opened in Colethorpe Lane, Barrow in March 1987 by Tropical Butterflies (Barrow) Limited - its proprietor being the former Barrow G.P., Doctor J Sumpton; the farm closed in the September 1989. The farm included (constructed in 1988) a 15-inch
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A circular walk around the village is known as 'walking around Crattle' named after its main feature - Crattle Hill. The walk is 2.45 miles long and passes All Saints Church, Park Pond, and the cemetery. The small hamlet of Burthorpe Green is attached to Barrow.
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that spot - even though he didn't actually hit his intended victim. A tale has attached itself to the stone that it is supposed to turn over at midnight on every New Year's Eve.
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Trunk road. Villages nearby include Higham, Denham, Risby, Gt Saxham, Lt Saxham, Ousden, Wickhambrook, Hargrave, Tuddenham, Chevington, Chedburgh, Dalham, and Gazeley.
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The parish church is the 14th century All Saints Church, situated a mile from the main village close to the boundary with Higham. The church contains an
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In 2005 Suffolk Academy a sports and Martial Arts Centre was built opposite Barrow Church by Glen Moulds a black belt 5th Dan in Shotokan Karate
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loop 350 yards in length - with a single locomotive named 'Chough'. This locomotive still runs in Bear Creek Park Miniature Railway,
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records the population of Barrow in 1086 to have been 27, rising to 1429 in 2001 and 1960 in the 2021 census records.
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On the small road to Risby is a large steep hill known locally as Bread & Water Hill.
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The village has two Public Houses - The Three Horseshoes, and The Weeping Willow.
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in the chancel with effigy brasses, arms, and long eulogistic inscription, for
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The playing field in the centre of the village is bordered by 19 poplar trees.
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the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound. The
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Hidden East Anglia:Landscape Legends of Norfolk & Suffolk
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There is also a small Baptist Chapel in the village.
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Barrow is located in Suffolk
Suffolk
OS grid reference
TL762637
District
West Suffolk
Shire county
Suffolk
Region
East
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England
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Bury St Edmunds
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