Barrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1570
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Adjacent Parishes
- Orwell
- Shepreth
- Meldreth
- Harston
- Harlton
- Haslingfield
- Foxton
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BARRINGTON, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge; on the river Cam, 6 miles W by S of Shelford r. station, and 7 SSW of Cambridge. It has a post office under Royston. Acres, 2,129. Real property, £3,792. Pop., 563. Houses, 111. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £107. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is old but good; and there are a neat Independent chapel, and charities £43.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census
Census returns for Barrington, 1841-1891
Church Records
Computer printout of Barrington, Independent, Cambs., Eng
Cemeteries
Land and property
Taxation
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cambridgeshire
- Civil Registration District: Royston
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Ely (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Ely
- Rural Deanery: Barton
- Poor Law Union: Royston
- Hundred: Wetherley
- Province: Canterbury