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Village sign featuring a painted scene of houses and a pond, with Barrington written below and decorative duck silhouettes.

Barrington village sign (RGL 2022)

Barrington data

Barrington data

For an excellent Tour of Barrington see

Barrington – A Tour in Old Photographs by Raymond and Margaret Jude, 2022, originally published by the Barrington Society in 1995.


The Royal Archaeological Institute Summer Meeting report of 1967 contains the following map:

Line drawing of a map of Barrington village, including a scale, numbered site markers, and a descriptive key underneath.

Barrrington Green (Royal Archaeologial Institute)

Aerial view of a village with a central green, a church with a tower, and rows of houses lining a long, straight road.

Barrington green (RCHM)

Men in hats and work clothes stand in and around a deep earth trench, with several balanced on narrow wooden planks.

Coprolite diggers between Barrington and Orwell in 1880s.(MoC200/68)

Two large, mature trees stand on the bank of a flowing river, overlooking an open, grassy field under a cloudy sky.

The Rhee, Barrington (MoC121/57)

Grainy monochrome print showing a decorative stone structure with a gabled roof and a central spout over a basin.

Barrington fountain circa 1902


1837 – 1838

Thomas Jepps, valuation and auction documents, held by the Museum of Cambridge (142/63, 136/63, 145/63):

Thomas Jepps valuation and auction, Barrington, 1838

Two women and a child stand on a dirt road, each carrying a large, overflowing sack balanced on top of their heads.

Barrington gleaners c.1902


Barrington village history:

https://barringtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/local-history/


Mike Petty:

https://archive.org/details/BarringtonScrapbook

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