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Gilbert Family Wills

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

Postscript

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 )

My Life in Barrow Upon Trent by Irene Marson

Barrow upon Trent Parish History Research

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
Village Trail            Village Trail

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

stonelogoYou 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

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