Barrington, Cambridgeshire Genealogy

England   Cambridgeshire   Cambridgeshire Parishes

Parish History
BARRINGTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Royston, hundred of Wetherley, county of Cambridge, 6¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Cambridge.

Barrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cambridgeshire. Sites that provide additional details on the history of this parish are:


 * Genuki.org.uk
 * Cambridge Churches
 * Cambridge History

&gt;Barrington parish registers, 1570-1890 are microfiche # 6360267 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center.

&gt;Bishop's transcripts for Barrington, 1599-1864 are on microfim # 1818360 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center. &gt;Baptismal register for Barrington Independent Chapel, 1797-1837 are on microfilm # 566022 item 2 at the Family History Library or through a Family History Center.

The original registers are deposited at the Cambridgeshire Record Office and the Society of Genealogists

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cambridgeshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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