Description
Barrow, a parish in Salop, 2 miles SW of Broseley, and 2 E of Much-Wenlock. It includes the townships of Barrow and Caughley, and the hamlets of Arlscott, Shirlett, The Marsh, and Swinney. Post town, Broseley. Acreage, 3123 ; population, 301. Lord Forester is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Willey, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is very ancient, being Early Norman, with Saxon chancel arch and other Sason remains. It was restored in 1851, when a fresco was discovered under the plaster of a kniglit on horseback. There are an endowed school, and almshouses for six old men and women.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
