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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barlow like this:
BARLOW (Great), a chapelry in Staveley parish, Derby; on a small stream, 4¼ miles NW of Chesterfield r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Barlow, under Chesterfield. Acres, 3,760. Real property, £2,966. Pop., 682. Houses, 137. The property is divided among a few. Barlow-Grange is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £95.* Patron, the Rector of Staveley. The church is good. Charities, £8.
Barlow is now part of NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barlow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barlow, in North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5922
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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