Statue Siting
John Harrison The survey regarding the location of the statue has now been completed – thank you to everyone who responded. The preference was 56% in favour of the Market Place with the remaining 44% preferring the Church Bank. The Better Barrow Statue Committee will,...
New Benches in the Market Place
John Harrison Three of the planned four new benches have been installed in the Market Place. These seats were commissioned by Better Barrow following our successful applicant for a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund. The final seat will be around the large robinia tree...
Barrow in the time of John Harrison
John Harrison Andrew King, the leading expert on John Harrison has visited Barrow many times. You may well remember his talks on John Harrison’s clocks and the making of the film Longitude. He is returning to Barrow on September 18th to talk about Barrow-upon-Humber in the...
Launch of Barrow Trail
Events The Better Barrow Community Project, in conjunction with North Lincs Council, have developed a leaflet about Barrow upon Humber. A short overview of Barrow is given along with a suggest walk around the village. The leaflet may be obtained from Barrow News on the...
John Harrison Display
John Harrison The Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Cllr Trevor Foster officially opened the new John Harrison display in Holy Trinity Church, Barrow on the 26th February. We were pleased to note John himself looking on with approval… Many thanks to all who have made this...