Farmington is a village located in the county of Gloucestershire, in England. As of 2011 the village had 112 residents. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Tormentone.[2]
Farmington | |
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Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 112 [1] |
OS grid reference | SP134153 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL54 |
Dialling code | 01451 |
UK Parliament | |
History
editFarmington was sold in 1724 to Edmund Waller of Beaconsfield (died 1771); and thence by descent to Edmund Waller (d.1788); Edmund Waller (d.1810); Rev. Harry Waller (d.1824) (Rector of Farmington from 1786, and of Vicar of Winslow from 1789); Harry Edmund (d.1869); Edmund Waller (d.1898); and Major-General William Noel Waller, RA (d.1909), whose executors sold it in 1910.[3]
The Church of St Peter was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.[4]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Farmington_Lodge%2C_Northleach%2C_Gloucestershire%2C_west_front%2C_1893%2C_of_Edmund_Waller_%281828-98%29.jpg/220px-The_Farmington_Lodge%2C_Northleach%2C_Gloucestershire%2C_west_front%2C_1893%2C_of_Edmund_Waller_%281828-98%29.jpg)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Brass_plaque_to_Edmund_Waller_%281828-98%29_in_church_of_St._Peter%27s%2C_Farmington%2C_Gloucestershire.jpg/220px-Brass_plaque_to_Edmund_Waller_%281828-98%29_in_church_of_St._Peter%27s%2C_Farmington%2C_Gloucestershire.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Waller_of_Hall_Barn%2C_Farmington_and_Kirby_Fleetham%2C_family_chart_1560-1954_%28by_R._de_Salis%2C_2003%29.jpg/100px-Waller_of_Hall_Barn%2C_Farmington_and_Kirby_Fleetham%2C_family_chart_1560-1954_%28by_R._de_Salis%2C_2003%29.jpg)
Notable residents
edit- Robert Carr (1916-2012), English 20th Century politician. Grave in St. Peter's Churchyard.
References
edit- ^ "Lead Key Figures". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "The Domesday Book Online - Gloucestershire A-F". www.domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2001. ('Parishes: Farmington', ed. N M Herbert, pp. 69-81, by Carol Davidson Cragoe, A R J Jurica, and Elizabeth Williamson).
- ^ "Church of St. Peter". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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