Barkway
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Barkway is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, about five miles south-east of Royston, 35 miles from London and 15 miles from the centre of Cambridge. The Greenwich Prime Meridian passes a mile or so to the west of Barkway.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Barkway is referenced by 202 other articles, and connects out to North Hertfordshire, London and England.
It sits within the topics Barkway, Civil parishes in Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire District.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- North Hertfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 775
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- BarkwayChurch.10.5.08.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Mary Magdalene Church, Barkway
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.official_name
- Barkway
- UK place.population
- 849
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Hertfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North East Hertfordshire
- UK place.post_town
- ROYSTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG8
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01763
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL3831035470
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Hertfordshire
- Population
- 775
- Official website
- www.barkway-village.org.uk
- Image
- Barkway village sign and pond - geograph.org.uk - 1380716.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01763
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- Commons category
- Barkway
- OS grid reference
- TL384356
- postal code
- SG8
- P8168
- Lam Zhi Gin
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Governance
- Population
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Barkway is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, about five miles south-east of Royston, 35 miles from London and 15 miles from the centre of Cambridge. The Greenwich Prime Meridian passes a mile or so to the west of Barkway.
==History== Barkway is reputedly listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Birchwig, meaning Birch Way. Barkway has a number of 15th and 16th century properties, some with thatched roofs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barkway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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