Farmington, Gloucestershire

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 (1086) as Tormentone.[2]

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

History

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]

Edmund Waller's (d.1898) Farmington Lodge, Northleach, Gloucestershire, west front, 1893.

Edmund Waller VI or VII, (1828-98), JP, DL, of Farmington Lodge, 1869-1898.

Brass plaque to Edmund Waller (1828-98) in church of St. Peter's.

Waller of Farmington chart, 1560-1954.

Notable residents

• Robert Carr (1916-2012), English 20th Century politician. Grave in St. Peter's Churchyard.

References

1. "Lead Key Figures". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
2. "The Domesday Book Online - Gloucestershire A-F". www.domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
3. 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).
4. "Church of St. Peter". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 12 October 2020.