Barrington, Gloucestershire

Barrington is a civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 205.[1]

Barrington

St. Mary's Church, Great Barrington
Barrington
Location within Gloucestershire
Population205 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBurford
Postcode districtOX18
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The parish includes the villages of Great Barrington and Little Barrington, on either side of the River Windrush. To the east the parish borders Oxfordshire.

St Mary's church in Great Barrington is a Grade II* listed building, built in the late 12th century and restored in 1880 by Francis Penrose.[2][3] At the west end church there is a monument to Edmund Bray who inherited the Barrington Park estate (which included the village) from his older brother William Bray (MP). Edmund Bray's son Reginald sold the estate to the Lord Chancellor William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, also later 1st Baron Dynevor. There are numerous monuments in the chancel to the Talbot family, including a sculpture by Joseph Nollekens o

f Mary, Countess Talbot (d.1787), the estranged wife of Earl Talbot.[4] Their daughter Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor, who married George Rice inherited the newly rebuilt Palladian-style Barrington Park which stands right next to the church. Her grandson, George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor is also buried there.

The village of Great Barrington and Barrington Park itself fell into increasing disrepair during the 1960s and 70s under the owner, Charles Wingfield. Following a planning application to the Cotswold District Council in 2011,[5] the main house was completely restored by architects Inskip+Jenkins, including the two wings designed by John Macvicar Anderson in the 1880s.[6]

The Church of St Peter in Little Barrington was built in the late 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.[7]

There is an inn beside the River Windrush at Little Barrington, the Fox.

Famous people

The following people are connected with Great and Little Barrington:

  • The Venerable Edmond Francis Crosse, the first Archdeacon of Chesterfield, is buried in the church yard in Little Barrington.
  • Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton, created a scandal in 1682 when, during a drunken rampage, he desecrated the church at Great Barrington. Although he became a leading figure in Government, he was never allowed to forget the episode.

See also

References
  1. "Local Insight Profile for Barrington CP Area" (PDF). OCSI. 9 November 2016.
  2. "Church of St Mary", Great Barrington. Historic England. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Parishes: Great and Little Barrington - Churches", in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6, ed. C. R. Elrington (London: Victoria County History, 1965), 16-27. British History Online, accessed 17 March 2020.
  4. "St Mary's, Great Barrington". The Windrush Benefice. Accessed 17 March 2020.
  5. "Planning Committee meeting details, 20 April 2011" (four PDFs). Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. See this article's talk page
  7. "Church of St Peter". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 October 2019.


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