In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barrington like this:
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.
Barrington through time
Barrington is now part of South Cambridgeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Cambridgeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barrington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barrington in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2576
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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