Barrington
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Australia
- Barrington, New South WalesBarrington, New South WalesBarrington is a small village on the Barrington River, north-west of Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia on Thunderbolts Way....
- Barrington River (Australia)Barrington River (Australia)The Barrington River originates within the Barrington Tops National Park, approximately 200 km north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It is popular with canoers due to its sections of white water and attractive scenery.-References:...
- Barrington Tops National ParkBarrington Tops National ParkBarrington Tops is a National Park in the Hunter Valley, approximately north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The nearest towns are Scone, Singleton, Dungog, Gloucester and East Gresford....
, New South Wales - Barrington, Tasmania
- Barrington, Queensland
Canada
- Barrington, Nova ScotiaBarrington, Nova ScotiaBarrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :...
- Barrington Head, Nova ScotiaBarrington Head, Nova ScotiaBarrington Head is a locality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington Municipal District of Shelburne County.Originally a community, it was amalgamated with the community of Barrington in 2006....
- Barrington Passage, Nova ScotiaBarrington Passage, Nova ScotiaBarrington Passage is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Barrington municipal district of Shelburne County.-History:...
- Barrington, Quebec
- Canadian Forces Station Barrington, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
- Barrington, CambridgeshireBarrington, CambridgeshireBarrington is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about ten miles south-west of Cambridge, between Haslingfield and Shepreth....
- Barrington, GloucestershireBarrington, GloucestershireBarrington 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...
, a civil parish- Barrington, GloucestershireBarrington, GloucestershireBarrington 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...
, a village - Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, a village
- Barrington, Gloucestershire
- Barrington, SomersetBarrington, SomersetBarrington is a village and civil parish, situated south east of Taunton and west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England...
United States
- Barrington, IllinoisBarrington, IllinoisBarrington is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois and Lake County, Illinois. The population was 10,327 at the 2010 census. Located approximately northwest of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks and horse trails in a country-suburban setting...
- Great Barrington, MassachusettsGreat Barrington, MassachusettsGreat Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,104 at the 2010 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, Great Barrington includes the villages of Van...
- Barrington, New HampshireBarrington, New HampshireBarrington is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,576 at the 2010 census. The town is a woodland, farm and bedroom community.-History:...
- Barrington, New JerseyBarrington, New JerseyBarrington is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 6,983.Barrington was incorporated as a borough on March 27, 1917, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April...
- Barrington, New YorkBarrington, New YorkBarrington is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 1,396 at the 2000 census.The Town of Barrington is located in the south part of the county and is south of Geneva, New York.- History :...
- Barrington, Rhode IslandBarrington, Rhode IslandBarrington is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,310 at the 2010 census.In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Barrington sixth on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States.-History:...
Buildings
- Barrington Hall (Berkeley, California), Berkeley, California, USA
- Barrington Hall, Roswell, GeorgiaRoswell, GeorgiaRoswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
, USA - Barrington CourtBarrington CourtBarrington Court is a Tudor manor house begun c. 1538 and completed in the late 1550s, with a vernacular 17th-century stable court , situated in Barrington, near Ilminster, Somerset, England...
in Barrington, Somerset, England
People
- Viscount BarringtonViscount BarringtonViscount Barrington, of Ardglass in the County of Down, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1720 for the lawyer, theologian and politician John Barrington. He was made Baron Barrington, of Newcastle in the County of Limerick, also in the Peerage of Ireland, at the same time...
, a title in the peerage of Ireland - Barrington LevyBarrington LevyBarrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...
, Jamaican reggae musician - Barrington King, son of Roswell KingRoswell KingRoswell King was an American businessman, planter and industrialist. King and his son, Barrington King, founded Roswell, Georgia in the 1830s. A son , grandson , and great-grandson of Roswell King bore the same name...
and co-founder of Roswell, Georgia, United States - Barrington Moore, Jr., American sociologist
- Barrington PheloungBarrington PheloungBarrington Somers Pheloung is an Australian composer, now living in England. He is one of the most prolific television and film composers in the UK, known for his wide range of compositional genres....
, Australian composer - Daines BarringtonDaines BarringtonDaines Barrington, FRS was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist.Barrington was the fourth son of the first Viscount Barrington. He was educated for the profession of the law, and after filling various posts, was appointed a Welsh judge in 1757 and afterwards second justice of Chester...
, (1727–1800), lawyer, antiquary and naturalist - George BarringtonGeorge BarringtonGeorge Barrington , an Irish-born pickpocket, popular London socialite, Australian pioneer , and author. His escapades, arrests, and trials, were widely chronicled in the London press of his day...
, "Prince of Pickpockets" - Ken BarringtonKen BarringtonKenneth Frank Barrington , better known as Ken Barrington, played for the English cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, well known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog...
, English Test cricketer - Rutland BarringtonRutland BarringtonRutland Barrington was an English singer, actor, comedian, and Edwardian musical comedy star. Best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896, his performing career spanned more than four decades...
(1853-1922), English musical theatre performer - William Barrington-CoupeWilliam Barrington-CoupeWilliam H. Barrington-Coupe is a British record producer. He attained notoriety in 2007 when he confessed that a large number of piano CDs that he had sold on his Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings label were not in fact performed by his wife Joyce Hatto but were copies, in some cases digitally...
(fl. c. 2000), British music producer & accused fraud
Other
- Barrington University, former name of the University of Atlanta, a distance-learning school
- Barrington CollegeBarrington CollegeBarrington College was a four-year Christian liberal arts college located in Barrington, Rhode Island. It is no longer in operation.-History:...
was a four-year Christian liberal arts college located in Barrington, Rhode Island. It is no longer in operation; its facilities were subsequently sold to Zion Bible College - Barrington (Metra)Barrington (Metra)Barrington is a station on Metra's Union Pacific/Northwest Line located in Barrington, Illinois. The station is located at 201 South Spring Street in Barrington, and is from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific/Northwest Line. In Metra's zone-based fare...
, a train station located in Barrington, Illinois - Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman WorldBarrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman WorldThe Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is a large-format English language atlas of ancient Europe, Asia, and North Africa, edited by Richard Talbert. The time period depicted is roughly from archaic Greek civilization through Late Antiquity . The atlas was published by Princeton...
, an atlas of ancient geography