Barrow Upon Humber

Many moons ago I looked at buying the old post office in Barrow. it was very cheap and quite large but woefully delapidated.
There is an abundance of historical buildings in the village and in 1974 it was designated a conservation area.
Barrow has a mix of 18^th and 19^th Century houses from all social backgrounds, and was once home to many workers from farms in surrounding villages.
It is easily missed as it is on the old road leading from the south of the Humber
is however an interesting example of time standing still somewhat.
Barrow-upon-Humber’s origins have been traced back to at least the 7^th Century when a monastery was founded by St Chad.
It never grew into a town and was destroyed by Viking raids in the 9^th Century.
Barrow’s strategic importance is illustrated by the huge motte and bailey castle constructed by Drogo de la Beauvriere in the 11^th Century.
Barrow-​upon-​Humber Castle is an enormous earthwork motte and bailey, which retains part of its rampart and wet ditch. Built in the Norman plan, the two huge baileys have the large low motte in-​between.
It is located south of Barrow Haven, by The Beck at West Hann Lane. 12 miles south of Hull on the A63-A15(Humber Bridge)-A1077 or 18 miles north-​east of Scunthorpe on the A1077.
I went with a friend and we couldn’t find it so we randomly knocked on a door and asked. It was behind the house and we wandered around the soggy moat remains.
One of the village’s most famous sons was John Harrison (1693 – 1776) (an ancester) who invented the first practical marine-​chronometer which enabled sailors to accurately compute their position in the sea.
Barrow was once a thriving rope-​making and basket-​weaving village and in the last century there was a massive population growth leading to the forming of New Holland.
Tourist attractions include the Holy Trinity Church, part of which dates back to the 13^th Century, and the listed vicarage built in the 1800s.
The church was partially restored in 1841 and again in 1856 and a third time in 1869. It seats about 400.
The old Congregational Chapel, now a band room, is one of the village’s most unusual buildings with its steel sloping roof.
Worth a quick visit if you are coming south off the Humber bridge.