Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARROWDEN

BARROWDEN, a parish and a subdistrict in the district of Uppingham, Rutland. The parish lies on the river Welland, 3 miles NE of Seaton r. station, and 6 E of Uppingham Post Town, Morcott, under Uppingham. Acres, 2,073. Real property, £2,866. Pop., 653. Houses, 147. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough Value, £483.* Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. the church is good. There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £47.-The sub-d. contains ten parishes. Pop., 3,887.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barrowden AP/CP       Barrowden SubD       Uppingham RegD/PLU       Rutland AncC
Place: Barrowden

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