Farmington | |
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View of the village green | |
Location within
Gloucestershire | |
Population | 112 [1] |
OS grid reference | SP134153 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL54 |
Dialling code | 01451 |
UK Parliament | |
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 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]