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Where did Barrington get its name? No one is sure. One theory is that “bara” could mean barrow, a hillock or burial ground; “ton” was the Anglo-Saxon word for settlement. Another is that Bara...
The district becomes a borough. The district council becomes the borough council. The chairman and vice-chairman become entitled to the style mayor and deputy mayor of the borough, except in councils that have an elected mayor under the Local Government Act 2000.
Jun 6, 2021 · From the late 14th century, local merchants and tradesmen progressively gave place, as representatives of the smaller boroughs, to men whose horizons extended beyond the local and, in many cases, whose principal locality, as lawyers or government officials, was Westminster.
May 17, 2016 · It is not named in the Doomsday book but is thought to have existed before the 13th century. There are remains of a Roman Road in the Broadheath area, although there is no evidence that the...
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The only substantial estate in Barrington in 1066 was the two hides held in demesne byChatteris Abbey. They were later reckoned as aquarter of the vill, paying 5s. of the £1 which itowed to the sheriff's aid. Although they were held inchief in 1086, they were claimed in 1279 to be a fee ofthe barony of Munfitchet, but the abbesses usedtheir depende...
Barrington's only preConquest manorial estate was that of ChatterisAbbey. In 1086 its demesne of one hide was cultivated by 13 bordars and cottars, who supplied 2 outof 3 plough-teams, and by 3 servi. The three smallerlay estates had no villani or demesne ploughs.Robert Gernon, however, had appropriated asdemesne almost half of the 7½ hides once he...
View of frankpledge inBarrington, with the assize of bread and ale, wasclaimed under Edward I by Chatteris Abbey byprescription, and by Walter de Huntercombeallegedly under a charter to his predecessors. (fn. 245) Warin of Barrington also held a court for histenants, for which he claimed in 1281 a case fromhis lord's manorial court. (fn. 246) Under...
The benefice of Barrington was originally a rectory, whose advowson belonged to thesuccessive lords of the principal manor, the Munfitchets and their descendants. (fn. 270) In 1217 the rector'sincome was taxed at £16 a year, in 1254 and 1276 at£42 13s. 4d., in 1291 at £40. (fn. 271) As one of the richestlivings in the diocese, Barrington was held o...
Congregationalism flourished in Barrington from the mid 17th to the mid20th century. Francis Holcroft's congregation atBassingbourn consisted of many people from parishesbesides his own, and after he had been ejected fromthat parish in 1662 his congregation was dividedinto separate societies, one of which met at Barrington. (fn. 347) Although Rober...
A schoolmaster was recorded in1601, 1610, when he was also the stipendiarycurate, and 1616. (fn. 387) There was a school in 1719 (fn. 388) which by 1724 was in association with the S.P.C.K. (fn. 389) In 1730 it was supported partly by subscription andpartly by Trinity College, (fn. 390) which continued to giveit £5 or £6 a year in the 18th and earl...
John Prescott, bydeed in 1508, gave property later described as theTown House or Gilbards with an adjoining closeand land called the Town Marsh, (fn. 419) which producedc. £4 net in 1788. (fn. 420) Thomas Lane, by will proved in1546, left the rent of a house and about 3 a. on trustto pay the taxes of the poor; (fn. 421) in the 1590s a rivaltitle wa...
Apr 2, 2023 · Last Updated 02 April 2023. We look at how all 32 boroughs got their names. Sixty years ago, the London Government Act 1963 received Royal Assent. It paved the way, two years later, for...
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May 2, 2023 · The Local Government Act 1972 meant that Greater Manchester became a county with a two-tier system of government in place until the boroughs became unitary authorities in 1986. Before the formation of Greater Manchester as a metropolitan county, the area was known as ‘South East Lancashire North East Cheshire’. Politics in Greater Manchester.
