Barrow was a township and parish in Eddisbury hundred (SJ 4769), which
became a civil parish in 1866.
It includes the hamlets of Broomhill, Great Barrow, Hollowmoor Heath, Little
Barrow, Long Green, Milton Brook and Stamford Bridge.
The population was 501 in 1801, 659 in 1851, 727 in 1901, and 1065 in 1951.
Boundary Changes
1963 April 1 — Gained parts of Christleton
(1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Guilden Sutton (3
hectares, pop. 0 in 1961) and Mickle Trafford
(4 hectares, pop. 0 in 1961), and lost parts to Christleton
(1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961), Guilden Sutton (under
1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961) and Mickle Trafford
(under 1 hectare, pop. 0 in 1961)
Churches and Chapels
Barrow: St. Bartholomew (Church of England).
The ancient parish church for the township of Barrow.
Great Barrow, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Founded in 1842, closed
in 1981. Registers 1924-1961 are at Chester City Record Office.
