Barrowby: what to know before moving day
The name means farmstead on the hill, and it appears in the Domesday Book as Berghebi. Around 1162 land at Barrowby was confirmed to the Cistercian monks of Sawley Abbey, who ran a grange here. Barrowby Grange itself, a 17th-century stone house on an L-shaped plan with a stone slate roof, is Grade II listed, and so is the five-bay gritstone barn to its west.
Around the grange the map shows Low Barrowby, Lund Head, Barrowby Wood and Morcar Hill, with a viewpoint over mid-Wharfedale near by. Homes here are farmhouses and cottages known by name, so the house name and postcode together are what the van needs.
How the van gets to Barrowby
Barrowby Lane is the road through the hamlet. It comes down from Kirkby Overblow to the north and meets Kirkby Lane at Kearby. From there Clap Gate and Kirkby Lane run east to Sicklinghall, the way in from Wetherby, and Spring Lane drops south to Netherby.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 55 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Barrowby
Each service below links to its Wetherby page, which covers how the job works in and around Wetherby.
Barrowby: questions before you book
Why is Barrowby HG3 when Netherby next door is LS22?
The two share a parish, Kearby with Netherby, but not a postcode district: the postcode lookup puts Barrowby in HG3 and Netherby in LS22. Use the exact postcode for the house when you book.
Nearby areas
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): HG3 1HU is in Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith ward, North Yorkshire, parish of Kearby with Netherby
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): LS22 4DF in Netherby, same parish of Kearby with Netherby
- Kearby with Netherby (Wikipedia): parish includes Barrowby, Barrowby in Domesday as Berghebi meaning farmstead on the hill, land confirmed to the monks of Sawley Abbey around 1162 who developed a grange
- Listed buildings in Kearby with Netherby (Wikipedia, from the National Heritage List): Barrowby Grange (17th century, stone, stone slate, L-shaped) and the five-bay gritstone barn west of it, Grade II
- OpenStreetMap: Barrowby Lane from Kirkby Overblow to Kirkby Lane at Kearby, Clap Gate, Spring Lane, Low Barrowby, Lund Head, Barrowby Wood, Morcar Hill, mid-Wharfedale panorama viewpoint