Barrow

English surname, from placenames derived from Old English bearu (“grove”).

The place in Furness is of Celtic origin, from *barros (“promontory, peak”) + Old Norse ey (“island”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹoʊ/

Barrow

1. A surname.
2. Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
3. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
4. A number of places in England:
   1. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow. ^[1]
   2. A civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, which replaced the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on 1 April 2023. ^[2]
   3. A hamlet in Boddington parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8824).
   4. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, previously in Wiswell parish (OS grid ref SD7338). ^[3]
   5. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland (OS grid ref SK8915). ^[4]
   6. A hamlet and civil parish in Much Wenlock ward, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6500). ^[5]
   7. A hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7232).
   8. A hamlet in North Wootton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5541).
   9. A hamlet in Wentworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3798).
   10. A village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7663). ^[6]
5. A river in eastern Ireland, which flows from County Laois, via County Kildare, County Kilkenny, County Carlow, County Wexford and County Waterford to Waterford Harbour.