Barlow is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Derbyshire, England. The council is based in the large village of Wingerworth. The district also includes the towns of Dronfield and Clay Cross as well as numerou ...
district of
Derbyshire
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, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 884, increasing to 920 at the 2011 Census. The village is about 4 miles north-west of
Chesterfield.
Culture
The village holds an annual
well dressing
Well dressing, also known as well flowering, is a tradition practised in some parts of rural England in which wells, springs and other water sources are decorated with designs created from materials such as flower petals. The custom is most close ...
(on the second Wednesday after the first Sunday in August) and a
carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival typi ...
(on the following Saturday).
Notable buildings
Barlow's church is dedicated to
St Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman emperor Valerian ordered in 258.
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.
Barlow Woodseats Hall
Barlow Woodseats Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house situated at Barlow Woodseats, on the edge of the village of Barlow, in Derbyshire. It remains the only manor house in the Parish of Barlow, and the current house dates from the early 17th ...
, on the edge of the village, is the only manor house in the parish and dates from the 17th century. Amongst the other historical buildings is Lee, or Lea, Bridge, which is a
grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
early 18th-century packhorse bridge; it has been described as "a substantially complete example of rural bridge 'engineering'".
Notable residents
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William Owtram was born here in 1626.
[William Owtram in the ]Dictionary of National Biography
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now in the public domain
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Bernie Clifton
Bernie Clifton (born Bernard M. Quinn, 30 April 1936) is a British comedian and entertainer, known for his work with his orange ostrich puppet costume Oswald the Ostrich.
Early life
Clifton was born on 30 April 1936 in St Helens, Lancashire, wh ...
currently lives here.
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Bess of Hardwick
Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( Hardwick; 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series of well-made marri ...
possibly lived in Barlow. Her first husband, Robert Barlow, came from the village and it is possible that Bess lived with him there during their brief marriage and/or with his family there for a short while after his early death.
[https://tudortimes.co.uk/people/bess-of-hardwick-life-story/lady-cavendish. Retrieved 18 August 2024.]
See also
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Listed buildings in Barlow, Derbyshire
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Barlow Common
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See also
* List of settlements in Derbyshire by population
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References
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Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire District