Upper Broughton History Group Events for 2025
A walk around Barrow-on-Soar
Led by Kathryn Timmins of Barrow History Group
Thursday 1st May 2025 at 6:30pm meeting at Holy Trinity Church in Barrow.
Barrow-on-Soar is a facinating village whose name may have arisen from the usage of the locality as a burial ground as it falls along the Great Salt Way which passes via Barrow from Six Hills. For over a thousand years, Barrow has been noted for its excellent quality of lime stone which is believed to have been used by the Romans for laying pavements in Leicester; and the building of Kirby Muxloe Castle; Ramsgate Pier and many of the tube railways beneath London. Other industries have included knitting, making chair-bottoms, cricket bats and clocks. Not only does Barrow sit on the picturesque River Soar but a canal was constucted in 1794 giving access to Birmingham, Hull and London.
So much to see and all for £5.
There is parking at the High Street Car Park which is just off the roundabout in the centre of the village.