BARWICK PARISH

Introduction

Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Yeovil and on the border with Dorset. The parish, which includes the village of Stoford, has a population of 1,221. The earliest signs of habitation in the area were the relics of a Bronze Age burial which were found in 1826, a little to the north of the village of Stoford, which may be a Saxon name derived from Stow-Ford. Settlement may go back as far as Saxon times, the earliest mention of Barwick being in 1185. In the Middle Ages, Stoford was shown as a new town and in an Inquisition or survey of 1273 there were 74 burgages each paying 10d (ten pence) a year. The total population of the borough in 1273 was probably over 500. Stoford kept its borough status for at least 300 years. A guildhall was mentioned in 1361 and there is proof of a separate borough court. There was still a 'borough of Stoford' in the musters of 1569. The parish was part of the hundred of Houndsborough.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	527 hectares
Population	264 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	50 people/km²
Mean age
Ward	Burnham Market & Docking
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Postcodes	PE31
ONS ID	E04006286