Barlow, North Yorkshire construction on Drax power station until 1983. The line was completely dismantled by 1986 and the nearby ballast tip was replace by Barlow Common; formally opened in March 2002. Barlow, North Yorkshire Barlow is a small village and civil parish located in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 3 miles away from Selby and 13 away from the East Riding of Yorkshire town Goole. Barlow has around 200 houses and a population of 753. Most of the homes are along the main road. The village has very few amenities, but there is a primary school and
Read School, Drax asks students to remember Charles Reade 'and all other our benefactors'. Since the demolition of Adamson House at the west end of the village, which has previously served as the junior school and since becoming co-educational the girls boarding facilities, all facilities are located on the one remaining campus at the east end of the village. None of the original 17th-century school buildings survive into the present day. Instead the core school buildings date from the grammar school era, built in 1853 and 1908. The memorial library was built in 1954 by the Drax Grammar School Old Boys’ Association in