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== History  ==

The Poor Law Union of which Barrow is the head, comprises 30 parishes and places, and contains a population of 19,695. <br>

From ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 158-161. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50781 Date accessed: 17 May 2011.<br>

Before 1765, Barrow, like other local villages Quorn, Mountsorrel, Sileby and Cossington, had a parish workhouse, which was in Sileby Road possibly opposite the large building which was once Driver’s factory. About 1782, Barrow and these other parishes “incorporated” to form the Barrow House of Industry to provide poor relief to paupers from these villages. The land and dwellings in Beveridge Street and Melton Road were purchased and used until 1840 for this purpose, by which time the Incorporation had grown to include over 30 parishes.<br>

The Barrow upon Soar Incorporation,&nbsp; formed under the Gilbert Act preceded the formation of the Barrow upon Soar Poor Law Union on&nbsp; 11 September 1837 , the Incorporation&nbsp; workhouse continued to be used until 1840 opening of the Rothley site. The Governors of the new Union had acquired the old workhouse when the Incorporation was ended in 1837<br>

In 1840 the Union workhouse was opened at Rothley and was built to house up to 300 people.<br>

See also<br>

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/BarrowUponSoar/<br>

== Constituent Parishes  ==

[[Anstey, Leicestershire]] [[Anstey Pastures, Leicestershire]] [[Barkby, Leicestershire]] [[Barkby Thorpe, Leicestershire]] [[Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire]] [[Beaumont Leys, Leicestershire]] [[Beeby, Leicestershire]] [[Belgrave, Leicestershire]] [[Birstall, Leicestershire]] [[Bradgate Park, Leicestershire]] [[Cossington, Leicestershire]] [[Gilroes, Leicestershire]] [[Leicester Abbey, Leicestershire]] [[Leicester Frith, Leicestershire]] [[Mountsorrel, Leicestershire]] [[Mountsorrel Christ Church, Leicestershire]] [[Newtown Linford, Leicestershire]] [[North Thurmaston, Leicestershire]] [[Queniborough, Leicestershire]] [[Quorn, Leicestershire]] [[Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire]] [[Rearsby, Leicestershire]] [[Rothley, Leicestershire]] [[Rothley Temple, Leicestershire]] [[Seagrave, Leicestershire]] [[Sileby, Leicestershire]] [[South Croxton, Leicestershire]] [[Swithland, Leicestershire]] [[Syston, Leicestershire]] [[Thrussington, Leicestershire]] [[Thurcaston, Leicestershire]] [[Thurmaston, Leicestershire]] [[Ulverscroft, Leicestershire]] [[Walton le Wolds, Leicestershire]] [[Wanlip, Leicestershire]] [[Woodhouse, Leicestershire]] [[Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire]] 

[[Category:Leicestershire Poor Law Unions]]