Barrow, Cheshire


Barrow is a civil parish containing the villages of Great Barrow, Little Barrow and Stamford Bridge. It is situated about east-north-east of Chester, north-west of Tarporley, and south of Frodsham.
Little Barrow formerly had a station on the Mid-Cheshire line, named Barrow for Tarvin, but it closed in 1853. The former Railway pub at Little Barrow is now the Foxcote tearoom, but Great Barrow retains its pub, the White Horse, which also provides accommodation.
Barrow Cricket Club has two Saturday teams and a midweek side. The 1st XI play in the Cheshire County Cricket League Division Two, and the 2nd XI plays in the Cheshire Cricket League Division B West.
The population taken at the 2011 census was 941.