Barrow, Shropshire

{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|civil_parish= Barrow

|country= England

|static_image_name= The Almshouses - geograph.org.uk - 418661.jpg

|static_image_width = 240

|static_image_caption= Almshouses in Barrow, Shropshire

|coordinates = {{coord|52.597235|-2.506235|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Barrow

| population = 680

| population_ref = (2011)

|unitary_england= Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region= West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Ludlow

|post_town= Broseley

|postcode_district= TF12

|postcode_area= TF

|dial_code= 01952

|os_grid_reference= SJ658000}}

Barrow is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England, some 5 miles south of Telford between Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.

Although Barrow itself consists of a church and just a few dwellings, the parish extends from Broseley to the eastern edge of Much Wenlock; it also includes the hamlets of Willey and Benthall, and the lost settlement of Caughley. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 636,{{citation | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798866&c=barrow&d=16&e=15&g=481902&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1252692658953&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 | title=Area: Barrow CP (Parish) |publisher=Office for National Statistics | date=28 April 2004}} increasing at the 2011 Census to 680.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120421&c=Barrow&d=16&e=62&g=6460252&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448201893870&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021060446/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120421&c=Barrow&d=16&e=62&g=6460252&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448201893870&enc=1|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

File:The lost village of Arlescott - geograph.org.uk - 153724.jpg

Barrow is a short distance south of the site of a lost mediaeval village, Arlescott. The Jack Mytton Way runs through both Arlescott and Barrow.