Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Description
Barrow-Gurney, a picturesque village and a parish in Somersetshire, 1 mile SSE of Flax Bourton station on the G.W.R., and 5 miles WSW of Bristol, with a post office under Flax Bourton. Acreage, 2064; population, 338. Barrow Court, near Barrow Hill, is a fine Tudor mansion, and occupies the site of a Benedictine nunnery founded by the Fitzhardinges. A parish room was opened in 1882. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells ; net value, £200 with residence. The church, which adjoins the Court, and is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St Edward K. & M., was enlarged by the addition of a chancel and vestry, and completely restored at a cost of £11,000 in 1889. It contains several curious monuments and a piece of tessellated pavement of 14th century work. The large reservoirs which supply Bristol with water are situated in this parish.