Barrowden

Barrowden is a village in Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

The Exeter Arms

St Peter's Church

Barrowden
The Duck Pond, Barrowden
Barrowden Location within Rutland
Area	3.24 sq mi (8.4 km^2) [1]
Population	420 2001 Census[2]
• Density	130/sq mi (50/km^2)
OS grid reference	SK946000
• London	78 miles (126 km) SSE
Unitary authority	Rutland
Shire county	Rutland
Ceremonial county	Rutland
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01572
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton

The population of the civil parish was 506 at the 2011 census.[3] There is a church, a village hall, a doctor's surgery and pharmacy, a community shop, a mobile library, a recreational field with cricket club and a pub, The Exeter Arms.

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter. In an ancient tradition's rushes or hay are laid on the floors of nave and porch for St Peter's Day (29 June).

Barrowden is part of Ketton ward on Rutland County Council. The Rutland Round and Jurassic Way long-distance paths pass through the village.

Marianne Mason (1807–1884), a farmer's daughter who taught at the Baptist Sunday school at Barrowden, married Thomas Cook here on 2 March 1833.

The village was served by Wakerley and Barrowden railway station from 1873 to 1966. The station was across the Welland in the neighbouring parish of Wakerley.

References

1. "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
2. "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links

• Village Website
• Barrowden in the Domesday Book