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Barrington's Neighborhoods
by Joyce Hughes, Residential Properties & Elizabeth Noyes Deschenes.

Seven wonderful and diverse neighborhoods to live in.

A seaside community of eight square miles, Barrington offers residence the experience of living in a quaint New England town, and the convenience of close proximity to the cities of Providence , Newport, and Boston.

Incorporated in 1717, Barrington is comprised of roughly seven neighborhoods: Hampden Meadows, Sowams, Rumstick, Nayatt, Alfred Drowne, Primrose Hill, and Bay Spring. These neighborhoods, however, are grouped into larger areas based on local K-3 elementary school proximity. Those areas are know as Sowams, Nayatt and Primrose Hill.