Great Barrington

Barrington is a civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 209.

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.

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.

External links

• 'Parishes: Great and Little Barrington', A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6 (1965), pp. 16-27.