Barrow, Suffolk
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Barrow is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles west of Bury St Edmunds.According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound.The Domesday Book records the population of Barrow in 1086 to be 27. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,429.
The parish church contains an Altar tomb in the chancel with effigy brasses, arms, and long eulogistic inscription, for Sir Clement Higham (d.1571).
There is a small Strict Baptist Chapel in the village.
