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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barby like this:
BARBY, a village and a parish in the district of Rug by and county of Northampton. The village stands near the Oxford canal, 1½ mile from the Kilsby tunnel of the Northwestern railway, 4 miles NW of Crick r. station, and 4½ SE of Rugby; and has a post office under Rugby. The parish is called also Barby-with-Onley. Acres, 2,535. Real property, £6,960. Pop., 645. Houses, 156. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £1,150.* Patron, John Jackson, Esq. The church is good. Charities and townlands, £121.
Barby is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barby, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7551
Date accessed: 17th November 2025
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