Warren and Barrington Tercentenary road marker

Warren and Barrington Tercentenary road marker is a Rhode Island historical marker in Bristol County, dedicated 1936.

Warren and Barrington, South Main Street · location approximate

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WARREN ANNEXED TO RHODE ISLAND 1746 INCORPORATED 1746 NAMED FOR ADMIRAL SIR PETER WARREN BARRINGTON INCORPORATED 1717 ANNEXED TO RHODE ISLAND 1746 REINCORPORATED 1770 PROBABLY NAMED FOR BARRINGTON, ENGLAND

1937 text, presented as a historical document.

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1716 · Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula / multis in locis emendata a… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1776 · A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · Topographical Chart of the Bay of Narraganset. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1777 · A topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Topographical Chart of the Bay of Narraganset, 1777, covering the location of Warren and Barrington Tercentenary road marker, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Topographical Chart of the Bay of Narraganset, 1777, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission, Rhode Island Tercentenary 1636-1936: A Report (1937)

Warren and Barrington Tercentenary road marker

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