Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough, with a population at the 2011 census of 5,856.[1]
Village in Leicestershire, England
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Bridge over the River Soar next to the NavigationBarrow upon Soar parish churchInterior view of the church of the Holy TrinityThe "Barrow Kipper" plesiosaur skeleton at the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery Reredos in the parish church by Nathaniel Hitch
Geography
Barrow lies on the east bank of the River Soar, where the river is joined by the Fishpool Brook. British Gypsum has a plant at Barrow, and the parish is adjacent to the Swithland Reservoir.
Barrow upon Soar is part of the local government district of Charnwood.[2]
Transport
Road
The village is near the A6 Road from Quorn.
Rail
Barrow-upon-Soar railway station is situated on the Midland Main Line, and Ivanhoe Line trains stop there.[3] The Mountsorrel Railway, carrying granite from the Mountsorrel quarries, used to run to here;[4] the line from Mountsorrel is still followed by a mineral conveyor to Barrow, where quarry rock is sorted for distribution.
Bus
The village is served by the Kinchbus 2 service that runs between Sileby and Loughborough and Centrebus service 27 between Loughborough and Thurmaston.
History
The village's name means 'grove situated on the River Soar'.[5]
White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland (1877) says
Barrow-upon-Soar is a parish and large village, which gives its name to a Poor Law Union district, and a county court district. It has for ages been celebrated for its excellent limestone, and is pleasantly situated on the east side of the navigable River Soar, and on both sides of the Midland Railway on which it has a station 2 miles N. of Mount Sorrel, 3 miles S.E. of Loughborough, and 9 miles N. of Leicester. Barrow township comprises about 2510 acres of land and had 1099 inhabitants in 1801, 1638 in 1831, 1800 in 1861, and 1973 in 1871, the increase of the last ten years being 'attributed to the opening of the limeworks.' It is in East Goscote Hundred, but its parish comprises also the townships of Mount Sorrel North-end, Quorndon, and Woodhouse, all of which are in West Goscote Hundred. The area of the whole parish is about 9160 acres, and it had 5857 inhabitants in 1871.[6]
The village is known for a plesiosaur that was excavated here in 1851.[7] The specimen of Atychodracon megacephalus, found in a lime pit outside the village, was nicknamed the "Barrow Kipper". At the centre of the village is a roundabout with a sign depicting its skeleton. The skeleton is now on display at the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, with a full-size replica at Charnwood Museum in Loughborough. The village's football club has the skeleton on its badge.
Tobias Rustat (1608–1694), courtier and philanthropist[9]
William Beveridge (1637–1708), Bishop of St Asaph, was born at Barrow, of which his grandfather, father, and brother were all vicars.[10]
Ralph Heathcote (1721–1795), clergyman and author, was born at Barrow, where his father was curate.[11]
John Bradshaw (1812–1880), clergyman and cricketer, was born here.[12]
Lieutenant-General Edward Chippindall (1827–1902), British Army officer and Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, lived in Barrow upon Soar for the last twenty years of his life and was a member of the Quorn Hunt.[13]
Henry Melvill Gwatkin (1844–1916), church historian, was born at Barrow, a son of the Rev. Richard Gwatkin.[14]
Sally Barker (born 1959), singer songwriter, of The Poozies, is from Barrow.
Geoffrey North, editor of Current Biology, is from Barrow.
Sport
The village has an association football club, Barrow Town FC. The club plays its home games at Riverside Park and currently competes in the East Midlands Counties Football League, the 10th tier of English football.
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"Rustat, Tobias", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2007) doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24358
Nichols, History of Leicestershire, vol. 3, part 1, pp. 77–78
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Garnett, Richard (1891). "Heathcote, Ralph". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol.25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
"Gimson Franklin Charles" in Register of Births for Barrow upon Soar Registration District, vol. 7a (1890), p. 144
"Matts Alfred Shipley" in Register of Births for Barrow upon Soar Registration District, vol. 7a (1893), p. 161
McKie, David (7 January 2018). "Peter Preston obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2018– via www.theguardian.com.
"SCHEPENS Martin / MARTIN" in Register of Births for Leicester Central vol 3a (1955), p. 608
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