Local Interest

Short history of barkway, and what's available locally.

BARKWAY is a parish and village in Edwinstree Hundred, 4 miles south-by-east from Royston, and 4 miles north-east of Buntingford, on the Cambridge road. The area is 5,080 acres, and the population in 1841, 1,291. The assessment to the Property Tax in 1815 was £3,871, and in 1842, £5,150. A fair is holden on the 20th July. The church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, and is handsome, with fragments of old stained glass in the windows, forming part of a series representing the creation. The living is a vicarage, valies P.R. £512 per annum, in the incumbency of the Rev Robert Samuel Battiescombe. Here is an Independent chapel and a National school, erected for the education of the children of Barkway, Nuthampstead, Newsells Bury and Reed.

Local Pubs

The Tally Ho Barkway
Warm and friendly country local. Serving a wide range of cask conditioned ales Home cooked food served lunchtimes and evenings smoking restaurant. Closed Sunday evening.

The Chequers Barley
In the next village 2 miles north of Barkway. Good food served in the bar lunchtime & evenings. Restaurant is non smoking.

Audley End House

Only a short car journey of just under half an hour, and well worth a visit.

Duxford Imperial War Museum