We continue to receive information about families associated with the village
The most recent is an email containing wills and family trees of the Gilbert family who purchased land in the village in the 16th and 17th centauries
The information has been added to the archive as Gilbert wills(1)
Copies of the Book – “ Barrow upon Tent – Our Story “ and of the DVD of the story of the village are still available – price £5.00 each
To purchase a copy please email either fabius.maximus@arteman.com or jmgscarfe@yahoo.co.uk
In addition we have added to the Results Page an additional item by one of the elder members of the Parish
A personal history of her life in Barrow upon Trent by Irene Marson ( added 27 March 2014 )
This website has chronicled the Barrow upon Trent Parish History Research Project from February 2013 to March 2014
Results of the Research
The results of the Project were formally announced on 1 March 2014
The book and DVD of the village and Parish and the two walking guides of the village and Parish were formally launched and copies have been delivered to all the houses in the village
You can download the walking trails here – PDF files
Parish Walks Parish Walks(1)
Village Trail Village Trail(1)
An historic building assessment of the Church of St Wilfrid, Barrow-upon-Trent carried out by Peter F Ryder B.A, M.Phil, F.S.A in April 2013. Barrow arche report
John Spencer – a member of the Project team has compiled
“ THE STORY OF THE BARROW-UPON-TRENT VILLAGE MEMORIAL CROSS.”
.PDF FILE Memorial
“ THE STORY OF THE BARROW-UPON-TRENT VILLAGE MEMORIAL CROSS.”
WORD FILE Memorial
Arleston and Merrybower by Duncan Hewitt Arleston and Merrybower
A personal history of her life in Barrow upon Trent by Irene Marson Marson all
Wills of the Gilbert family of Barrow upon Trent Gilbert wills(1)
You can follow the progress of the Project by following the links at the head and on the right of this page or by scrolling down this page
We also have a presence on HistoryPin
There is a DVD and Book of our findings which are available from the Team
email fabius.maximus@arteman.com
Our findings are also available on our Results Page
Over 100 people attended a very successful Open Day on 1 March 2014 held at Brookfields, Barrow on Trent
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At the open day the formal presentation of the book of the history and characters of the village and the accompanying DVD took place. The two walking trails of the village and parish were also released
At the same time the DVD of the interviews carried out by the children of Sale and Davys Church of England Controlled Primary school and a DVD of the summary of the project were also displayed
The DVD and book, together with the two walking trails of the village parish are being distributed to all the houses in the parish.
You can download the walking trails here – PDF files
All the visitors to the open day showed great interest in the displays of material of research which have been carried out over the past 12 months
