BARROW, a large and well-built village, 6 miles W. of Bury St. Edmund's,
contains 995 souls, and about 3,000 acres of land, including a large Green, and
about 500 acres of waste, which it is now in contemplation to enclose and
cultivate. Here is a pleasure fair on May 1st. The Marquis of Bristol is lord of
the manor, but part of the parish is in William Mills, Esqr.'s small manor of
Wolfe-Hall, about a mile S. of the village; and H. Coldhain, Mr. B. Cornell, and
several smaller owners have estates here. Barrow was the seat and lordship of
the Countess of Gloucester, in the reign of Edward I., and was afterwards held
by Badlesmere, who was hanged in the 16th of Edward II, for taking part with the
Earl of Lancaster. It was subsequently the property of the Tibetots, who had a
large mansion here, of which there are still some traces. On the south side of
the parish, the Bury and Newmarket turnpike is cut through a large tumulus, in
which human bones have often been found. The Church, (All Saints) is a large
ancient structure, with a tower, containing five bells. The rectory, valued in
K. B. at �23 9s. 9d., has now a yearly modus of �820, awarded in 1840, in lieu
of tithes. It is in the gift of the Masters and Fellows of St. John's College,
Cambridge, and inecumbency of the Rev. A. J. Carrighan, B. A. The Rev. Dr.
Philip Francis, the translator of Horace, was rector here, as also was the late
Rev. George Ashby, an industrious antiquary, whose extensive collection of
manuscripts, &c, relating to this county, passed to various hands after his
death, in 1808. Here is a small Independent Chapel, built in 1836, at the cost
of �200. In the 12th of Elizabeth, the Rev. John Crosier enfeoffed to certain
trustees, all his lands and tenements in Bury St, Edmund's, in trust, after his
death, to employ the rents in repairing the church and highways of Barrow,
except �2 6s. 8d. to be yearly distributed among the poor parishioners. This
trust property consists of a barn and 13a. of land, let for �36 a year. The Town
Estate consists of two tenements, occupied rent free, by poor persons, and a
house and 14A.lR.of land let for �21 a year. It was vested in trustees, in the
reign of Henry VIII., in trust, for the payment of the king's taxes and other
charges to which the parish might be liable: but for the last fifty years, the
rent has been applied in paying a schoolmaster, for the education of 24 poor
children, nominated by the rector and churchwardens. The poor have distributed
among them yearly, about �20, from Daynes' Charity, as noted with Moulton. They
have also three yearly rent charges of 20s. each, given in the early part of the
17th century, by Thomas Carlow, William Smith, and H. & F. F. Allen.
Barker William Searle, surgeon
Carrighan Rev Arthur J, BD, Rectory
Charles Rev Samuel, BA, Curate
Chambers Mrs Ann, Barrow Cottage
Codd Frederick, tailor and draper
Cooper Edw, plumber, glazier &c
Death William, baker and confectioner
Fenton Frederick, bricklayer & builder
Freeman Misses Mary Ann & Eliz
Freeman Sarah, milliner
King Mrs Lucy
Lockwood Samuel, victualler, Red Lion
Pooley Abraham, farrier
Woods Joseph, carpenter
Academies
Chambers Misses
Goold Sar (free)
Taylor Charles
Beer Houses
Edmundson John
Evered James
Blacksmiths.
Bailey John
Frost William
Boot & Shoe Makers.
Barkham Edw
Brand William
Frost Robert
Lydle John
Payne William
BUTCHERS.
Shillito James
Underwood Thomas
Collar & Harness Makers.
Hunt Charles
Rosbrooke Maria
Corn Millers.
Drinkmilk John, New Mill
Hempstead John, Old Mill
FARMERS. (* are Owners.)
* Cornell Benj.
Dearsley Thomas
Evered John
* Fenton James
Halls William, Wolfe Hall
* Hunt Richard
* Jarvis Richard
Pask Stephen
Rosbrooke William
Shillito Stephen Tymm, Barrow Hall
Spencer Abraham
Grocers, Drapers, and Hatters.
Crown John
Halls Robert
Shopkeepers.
Scott Joseph
Slarke Thomas
Wheelwrights.
Fenton Robert
Hale John
CARRIERS. To Bury, W. Rosbrooke, daily, C. Bird, Wed. & Sat.