Barrowby
Sign in to saveBarrowby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west of Grantham. It overlooks the Vale of Belvoir and has a Grade I listed parish church. The hamlet of Casthorpe is part of the parish. The 2001 Census listed 795 households and a population of 1,996, which fell to 840 households with 1,952 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It was estimated at 1,986 in 2019.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Barrowby
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK880363
- UK place.shire_district
- South Kesteven
- UK place.shire_county
- Lincolnshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- UK place.post_town
- GRANTHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- NG32
- UK place.postcode_area
- NG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01476
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 100
- UK place.london_direction
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Kesteven
- Image
- Barrowby, White Swan.JPG
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Barrowby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west of Grantham. It overlooks the Vale of Belvoir and has a Grade I listed parish church. The hamlet of Casthorpe is part of the parish. The 2001 Census listed 795 households and a population of 1,996, which fell to 840 households with 1,952 inhabitants at the 2011 census. It was estimated at 1,986 in 2019.
==Etymology== thumb|left|110px|Barrowby signpost The first written records for Barrowby appear in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which the village is referred to as "Bergebi". This is thought to derive from the Scandinavian languages' berg-by meaning village by the hill.