Description
Barrowden, a village and a parish in Rutland. The parish lies on the river Welland, 1/2 a mile NW from Wakerley station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 miles E from Uppingham. It has a post office under Stamford; telegraph office, South Luffenham. Acreage, 1813; population, 488. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value £350 with residence. The church is an ancient Gothic building of stone. The parish possesses some useful charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
We have transcribed the Rutland pages from Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1929, and you can view the entry for Barrowden which contains further infomation and lists of residents etc.
