Little Barrington

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Little Barrington

| country = England

| region = South West England

| shire_county = Gloucestershire

| shire_district = Cotswold

| civil_parish = Barrington

| constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=6 January 2025}}

| coordinates = {{coord|51.8129|-1.7002}}

| postcode_district = OX18

| postcode_area = OX

| post_town = Burford

| population =

| population_ref =

| static_image_name = Little Barrington, St. Peters Church (geograph 5475788).jpg

| static_image_caption = St Peter's Church, Little Barrington

}}

Little Barrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barrington, in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Windrush, {{convert|3|mi}} west of the town of Burford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 84.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356374/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Little Barrington AP/CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=6 December 2022}}

The Church of St Peter in Little Barrington was built in the late 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1152539|desc=Church of St Peter|grade=I|access-date=21 November 2020}}

The Fox Inn, beside the River Windrush, is a Grade II listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1340826|desc=The Fox Inn|grade=II|access-date=21 November 2020}} South of the village, on the A40 road from Oxford to Cheltenham, the Inn for All Seasons is a coaching inn, historically known as the New Inn, also a listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1090364|desc=Inn for All Seasons|grade=II|access-date=21 November 2020}}

The village is grouped around a triangular green in a fold of the Windrush valley. Historically the village east of the green was in the ancient parish of Little Barrington, whereas the village west of the green was part of the ancient parish of Great Barrington. In 1866 the two parishes became civil parishes, but on 1 April 1935 were abolished and merged to form the civil parish of Barrington.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356374|title=Relationships and changes Little Barrington AP/CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=6 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol6/pp16-27#h3-0006|title=Parishes: Great and Little Barrington|work=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6|editor-first=C. R.|editor-last= Elrington|editor-link=Christopher Elrington|series=Victoria County History|year=1965|pages=16-27|accessdate=21 November 2020}}

Barrington Grove, east of the village, is a manor house dating from the 17th century.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1304674|desc=Barrington Grove|grade=II|access-date=21 November 2020}}

Famous people

The Venerable Edmond Francis Crosse, the first Archdeacon of Chesterfield, is buried in the church yard in Little Barrington.

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