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Rowberrow is a small village, within the parish of Shipham, near Churchill and Shipham in Somerset, England.
Rowberrow is close to the Dolebury Warren Iron Age hill fort.
It is the site of a Bronze Age
The parish Church of St Michael and All Angels dates from the late 14th century, however the nave, chancel and south porch were rebuilt in 1865. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Rowberrow is a small village, within the parish of Shipham, near Churchill and Shipham in Somerset, England.
Rowberrow is close to the Dolebury Warren Iron Age hill fort.
It is the site of a Bronze Age barrow
Barrow may refer to:
Places
England
* Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area
** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)
* Barrow, Cheshire
* Barrow, Gloucestershire
* Barro ...
approximately in diameter, which was excavated in 1813, and is believed to have given the village its name as Rowbarrow means 'rough hill' or 'barrow'.
The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.
It was formerly a mining parish producing calamine.
Church
The parish Church of St Michael and All Angels dates from the late 14th century, however the nave, chancel and south porch were rebuilt in 1865. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Notable residents
The author Terry Pratchett lived in Rowberrow from 1970 to 1993. The author and cat loverDoreen Tovey
Doreen Tovey (24 October 1918 – 13 January 2008) was an English writer and cat lover. She was the author of more than a dozen books about the life she and her husband 'Charles' (real name René) shared with their Siamese cats and other an ...
lived in Rowberrow from the early fifties until her death in 2008.
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External links
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