John Wildman. His son adopted John Shute, later Barrington. His famous family, who rose to be Viscounts, were patrons of the village until they sold up in 1936. The family have many monuments in the parish church and the Barrington Arms still stands in Shrivenham. Isambard Kingdom Brunel stayed there when planning the London to Bristol railway line. Shrivenham Station opened in 1840. It was from there that Thomas Hughes’ hero set off for Rugby in Tom Brown’s Schooldays. In 1936.