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Barrington

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Barrington ♂ Transferred use of the surname, a local name from any of several places in England so named. The one in Gloucestershire is an Old English compound meaning ‘settlement of Beorn's people’. In the Somerset place name the first element is an unattested Old English personal name Bāra, which also occurs, in the genitive form, as the first element of the Cambridgeshire place name. Barrington has also been used as an English form of Gaelic Ó Bearáin.

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Barrington

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Barrington, Canada, USA USA (Rhode Island): originally Swansea, it was renamed in 1717 after John Shute (1678–1734), Viscount Barrington, an eminent English lawyer and champion of religious freedom. The town was transferred from Massachusetts to Rhode Island Colony in 1746, becoming part of Warren. However, in 1770, Warren was split, the western half being named Barrington.

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Barrington

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Barrington town (1990 pop. 15,849), Bristol co., E R.I., on the Barrington River; settled c.1670, included in Massachusetts until 1746, inc. 1770. It is a residential and resort area. Barrington College is there.

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Barrington

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Barrington Somerset. Barintone 1086 (DB). Probably ‘estate associated with a man called *Bāra’. OE pers. name + -ing- + tūn.

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Barrington

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Barrington Cambs. Barentone 1086 (DB). Probably ‘farmstead of a man called *Bāra’. OE pers. name (genitive -n) + tūn.

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