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Photo: Rob Howard

Barrow Road

A turning off Trumpington Road

Barrow Road turns to the east off Trumpington Road and leads to Barrow Close

For derivations of street names see Trumpington Local History Group web page

Dr Nick Bullock prepared a history of Barrow Road as part of a proposal to designate it as a conservation area.

For names of people who have lived here in the past see the Trumpington Local History Group page

Barrow Road gas light

Jack Overhill in his diary mentions the bomb which fell on the night of Tuesday 15th October killing a man and bringing the house down, no.19.

Incident is  included in the following account:

Evercircular: Bombing

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