Barway

Barway
Bridge over Soham Lode
Barway is located in Cambridgeshire
Barway
Barway
Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid referenceTL546757
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCB7
Dialling code01353
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England

Barway is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, about three miles south of Ely. It is on Soham Lode, which flows into the River Cam. The population is included in the civil parish of Soham.

Its name is derived from the old English beorh, meaning barrow.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) (1901). The place-names of Cambridgeshire. University of California Libraries. Cambridge : Printed for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. p. 51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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