Difference between revisions of "Barrow, Gloucestershire"
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| − | '''The Barrow''' is a hamlet in [[Gloucestershire]], on a loop of road in the [[Vale of Gloucester]], close to [[Boddington]] to the north-east and [[Staverton]] to the south-east. Rural as it is the hamlet is still just two and a half miles from the edge of the swelling suburbs of [[Cheltenham]] to the east. | + | '''The Barrow''' is a hamlet in [[Gloucestershire]], on a loop of road in the [[Vale of Gloucester]], close to [[Boddington, Gloucestershire|Boddington]] to the north-east and [[Staverton]] to the south-east. Rural as it is the hamlet is still just two and a half miles from the edge of the swelling suburbs of [[Cheltenham]] to the east. |
By the hamlet is ISS Boddington, an installation of Information Systems & Services, an operating cluster of the Ministry of Defence. It was formerly RAF Boddington, a non-flying Royal Air Force station where No. 9 Signals Unit RAF was based. | By the hamlet is ISS Boddington, an installation of Information Systems & Services, an operating cluster of the Ministry of Defence. It was formerly RAF Boddington, a non-flying Royal Air Force station where No. 9 Signals Unit RAF was based. | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 20 January 2020
| Barrow | |
| Gloucestershire | |
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 Tump Court, The Barrow | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO884248 |
| Location: | 51°55’19"N, 2°10’8"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Cheltenham |
| Postcode: | GL51 |
| Local Government | |
The Barrow is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, on a loop of road in the Vale of Gloucester, close to Boddington to the north-east and Staverton to the south-east. Rural as it is the hamlet is still just two and a half miles from the edge of the swelling suburbs of Cheltenham to the east.
By the hamlet is ISS Boddington, an installation of Information Systems & Services, an operating cluster of the Ministry of Defence. It was formerly RAF Boddington, a non-flying Royal Air Force station where No. 9 Signals Unit RAF was based.
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References
- Barrow, Gloucestershire: Francis Frith
