Barrow in Parts of Lindsey / Baruae

INFORMATION

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Church/Chapel: Benedictine Monastery Church of Barrow [destroyed]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Believed to have been located near Loncoln and Boston
Historical Region: Kingdom of Lindsey
Century and Period: 7th century(mid?), Pre-Conquest
The Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes: "The ancient monastery 'Ad Baruae' in Lindsey was founded about the middle of the seventh century; probably between 669 and 672, when St. Chad was bishop of Lichfield [...] The land on which the monastery was built was the gift of King Wulfhere (657-75), and was sufficient to support fifty families [...] This monastery was also destroyed by the Danes and never rebuilt."