Little Barrington, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Little Barrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Parish church: St. Bartholomew
Parish registers begin: 1632
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Adjacent Parishes
- Aldsworth
- Great Barrington
- Eastleach Turville
- Windrush
- Taynton Oxfordshire
- Burford Oxfordshire
- Westwell Oxfordshire
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BARRINGTON (Little), a parish in Northleach district, Gloucester; 2¾ miles WNW of Burford, and 7 SW of Shipton r. station. Post Town, Barrington, under Faringdon.
Acres, 925. Real property, £1,600. Pop., 151. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £100. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is very good; and there are charities £66.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The British Gazetteer 1852
Barrington (Little), Gloucester, a parish in the lower division of the hund. of Slaughter: 88 miles from London, 3 from Burford. By rail, as above, 115 miles.
There are some small bequests to the poor, and for repairing the church.
The living, a dischd. vicarage in the archd. of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, is valued at £4. 19s. 3d.: pres. net income, £100: patron, the Lord Chancellor: pres. incumbent, Richard Hodges, 1841: contains 1,179 acres: 34 houses: pop. in 1841, 170: probable pop. in 1849, 156: assd. prop. £1,274: poor rates in 1837, £164.
Source: The British Gazetteer, Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, and Historical: Showing the Distances of Each Place from London and Derby–gentlemen’s Seats–populations … &c. Illustrated by a Full Set of County Maps, with All the Railways Accurately Laid Down. Benjamin Clarke 1852; Published (for the proprietors) by H. G. Collins.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Barrington (Little), a parish in the lower division of the hund. of Slaughter, county of Gloucester; 3 miles north-west of Burford.
Living, a discharged vicarage in the archd. of Gloucester and dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; valued at £4 19s. 3d., and in the parliamentary returns at £130; gross income £100; in the patronage of the Crown.
Besides an infant school, there are a daily and a Sunday school. There are some small bequests to the poor, and for repairing the church. Pop., in 1801, 140; in 1831, 162. Houses 34. Acres 1,780. A. P. £1,274. Poor rates, in 1837, £127.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Parish Registers
Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837
The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.
SHARP, Thomas, of Barrington, co. Gloucester, 21, b., & Sarah Williams, of Basingstoke, 21, sp., at B., 6 Feb., 1787. Richard Williams, of Basingstoke,
bondsman.
Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens
Parish Records
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Directories
Little Barrington Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1863
Little Barrington is a parish and village, 3 miles west from Burford, 7 south-west from Shipton station, and 6 east from Northleach, on the borders of the county adjoining Oxfordshire, in Upper Slaughter hundred, Northleach union and county court district, eastern division of the county, rural deanery of Stow, Gloucester archdeaconry, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. It is situated on the river Windrush and on the Oxford and Cheltenham road.
The church of St. Bartholomew is an ancient stone building in the Saxon and Norman styles of architecture; it has a tower with 3 bells, nave, and chancel, and contains monuments to the Grayhurst and Greenaway families. The parish register dates from 1687.
The living is a vicarage, value £100 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. Richard Hodges, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a day school for the poor children, supported by Mrs. Greenaway. The population in 1861 was 151; the acreage is 1,780; rateable value, £1,392. The soil is stone brash. Mrs. Greenaway is lady of the manor and chief landowner. There are charities of £62 yearly value, partly for the repairs of the church, and the remainder given in coals and bread to the poor.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Eden.
Greenaway Mrs. The Grove
Hodges Rev. Richard, M.A. Vicarage
Dunford Edmund, butcher
Dunford Edmund, farmer, Church farm
Dunford Henry, farmer
Harris John, carpenter
Matthews George, farmer. Home farm
Letters through Burford, which is the nearest money order office.
Day School, Mrs. Amelia Harris, mistress
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Little Barrington Kellys Gloucestershire Directory 1856
Little Barrington is a parish and village, 3 miles west from Burford, 7 south-west from Shipton station, and 6 east from Northleach, on the borders of the county, adjoining Oxfordshire, in Upper Slaughter Hundred, Northleach Union, and eastern division of the county, Gloucester archdeaconry, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. It is situated on the river Windrush and on the Oxford and Cheltenham road.
The church of St. Bartholomew is an ancient stone building in the Saxon and Norman styles of architecture; has tower, nave, chancel, and 3 bells, and contains monuments to the Grayhurst and Greenaway families. The living is a vicarage, worth £100 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. Richard Hodges, M.A., is the incumbent.
There is a day school for the poor children, supported by C. Greenaway, Esq. The population, in 1851, was 128, and the acreage is 1,780; rateable value, £1,392. The soil is stone brash. Charles Greenaway, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. There are charities of £62 yearly value, partly for the repairs of the church, and the remainder given in coals and bread to the poor.
Church Farm and Home Farm are farms.
Greenaway Charles, esq. Little Barrington house
Hodges Rev. Richard, M.A. (vicar)
Dunford Edmund, butcher
Dunford Edmund, farmer, Church farm
Dunford Henry, farmer
Matthews George, farmer, Home farm
Letters through Burford, which is also the nearest money order office.
Day School, Mrs. Mary Stratford, mistress
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire with Bath and Bristol. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19, 20 & 21, Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1856.
Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Northleach
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stow
- Poor Law Union: Northleach
- Hundred: Slaughter
- Province: Canterbury