Where is the farm/hamlet of Barah in 1820s North Cornwall? I cannot determine the location of the place of residence for John and Jane Short, at the time of baptism of their son, also John Short, 9 July 1826 in Jacobstow Parish church, hundred of Stratton, North Cornwall, UK. The place of residence is given as "Barah," and John Short's occupation is Farmer. ![enter image description here]( John Short Sr. was from Week St. Mary, and he and Jane were married at Whitstone parish church, both adjacent to the east of Jacobstow. I have no idea where Jane was from. Have scoured the Ordnance historic maps from the Library of Scotland and can't find it. < Does anyone have knowledge of this place?

A potential answer from communication with the volunteer for this parish at Cornwall Online Parish Clerks: 'Barah' is likely a small farm adjacent to Headon Barrow in Jacobstow parish. The barrow itself is a prehistoric burial ground, which are quite common in Cornwall, but according to the 'online parish clerk', _barrow_ would have been pronounced and heard as _barah_ by a local Cornish person in 1826. The farm today is known as South Headon, but it is unnamed on the 1883 ordnance survey map available from the National Library of Scotland <

It seems a bit stretchy, but this appears to be the only barrow in this parish, so the farm may have been known at the time by its proximity to this well-known landmark.