Barrington Row, aka Winkle Street
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Barrington Row, aka Winkle Street, Calbourne
Barrington Row, aka Winkle Street, is a picturesque row of cottages dating from the 18th-century which looks out on the village stream of Calbourne.
About half way along, in the stream is the Calbourne Sheep-Wash, which dates from at least 1640, at which time it was recorded in a survey of Swainston Manor. Local farmers used to block the stream to form a deep pond behind and them wash their sheep in it. The last sheep-wash was in 1975.
Calbourne Sheep Wash
The 'street' is official named 'Barrington Row', presumably after the Barrington family who lived at nearby Swainston Manor in the parish of Calbourne.
Barrington Row, aka Winkle Street, road sign
