 The parish, administered at its lowest level by the Barcheston and Willington Parish Meeting, is in the Ettington ward of the district council.According to the 2001 census parish population was 134, increasing to 141 at the 2011 Census.Ralph Ardern inherited the manor of Barcheston between 1382 (the death of his father, Henry de Ardern) and 1408 (the death of his mother).