Rowberrow

Rowberrow
Rowberrow
Rowberrow shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST450582
District	Sedgemoor
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Winscombe
Postcode district	BS25
Dialling code	01934
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Wells
List of places UK England Somerset 51°19′12″N 2°47′19″W / 51.3201°N 2.7886°W / 51.3201; -2.7886Coordinates: 51°19′12″N 2°47′19″W / 51.3201°N 2.7886°W / 51.3201; -2.7886

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 approximately 20 metres (66 ft) 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.

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.

The author Terry Pratchett lived in Rowberrow from 1970 to 1993.

The author and cat lover Doreen Tovey lived in Rowberrow from the early fifties until her death in 2008. By the end of 2014, her white cottage down in the valley was demolished to make place for new housing.

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