Description
Barlow, Great, a village, a township, and a parish in Derbyshire, on a small stream, about 3 1/2 miles NW of Chesterfield station on the M.R. It has a post and money order office of the name of Barlow, under Chesterfield. Acreage, 3932 ; population, 1107. The property is divided among a few. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £184 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Staveley. The church is good. Charities, £25 yearly, for distribution, also one providing for the education of ten children.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
