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Market town in Oxfordshire, England
Faringdon /ˈfærɪŋdən/ is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Oxford, 10 miles (16 km)
Faringdon
English Catholic monk and martyr
Hugh Faringdon, O.S.B. (died 14 November 1539), earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was an English
Hugh_Faringdon
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for Sir Alexander
Baron_Faringdon
Topics referred to by the same term
were two battles of Faringdon: An 1145 battle between Stephen, King of England and Empress Matilda forces A 1645 battle in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, as part
Battle_of_Faringdon
Grade I listed house in Vale of White Horse, United Kingdom
Faringdon House is a Grade I listed 14,510 square feet house in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. It was built in about 1770–1785 (241 years ago) (1785)
Faringdon_House
Faringdon Castle was a Norman castle standing just outside the market town of Faringdon in the English county of Berkshire (administratively now Oxfordshire)
Faringdon_Castle
British peer
Charles Michael Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon, KCVO (born 1937) is a British peer, stockbroker and courtier. Henderson was born in 1937, the son of Oonagh
Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon
Charles_Henderson,_3rd_Baron_Faringdon
Country house, gardens and estate near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England
Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire within the historic boundaries of Berkshire. It is a Grade II* listed
Buscot_Park
School in Carswell, Oxfordshire, England
St Hugh's School is a preparatory school and senior school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire. The school is co-educational and has 350 pupils aged 3–16 years
St_Hugh's_School,_Faringdon
Scrapped British steam locomotive
LNER Class A4 60034 Lord Faringdon (or formerly 4903 Peregrine as it was before being renumbered under British Railways) was one of 35 Doncaster built
LNER Class A4 60034 Lord Faringdon
LNER_Class_A4_60034_Lord_Faringdon
Cistercian monastery in Oxfordshire, England
Faringdon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located at Wyke just north of the small town of Faringdon in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Faringdon_Abbey
The Faringdon branch was a 3+1⁄2-mile-long branch line from Uffington Station to Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse, in Oxfordshire. The line was authorised
Faringdon_branch
Village in Oxfordshire, England
the late Anglo-Saxon era Little Faringdon was part of a large estate that included Faringdon (formally Great Faringdon), from which it took its name. The
Little_Faringdon
2023 English local election
Faringdon (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Bethia Thomas* 1,531 68.0 +12.0 Liberal Democrats Lucy Edwards 1,390 61.7 +15.5 Conservative
2023 Vale of White Horse District Council election
2023_Vale_of_White_Horse_District_Council_election
Commercial building in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Gloucester Street in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is currently used as a community
Corn_Exchange,_Faringdon
Former local government area in the UK
Faringdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on
Faringdon_Rural_District
The Faringdon Sand is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences portal England portal
Faringdon_Sand
British politician (1902–1977)
(Alexander) Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (20 March 1902 – 29 January 1977) was a British Labour politician and pacifist. He is most known for
Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon
Gavin_Henderson,_2nd_Baron_Faringdon
Prehistoric carving in Uffington, England
some 16 km (10 mi) east of Swindon, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage; or 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
Uffington_White_Horse
Municipal building in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. The building, which is used as an exhibitions and events
Old_Town_Hall,_Faringdon
British politician
Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon CH (28 September 1850 – 17 March 1934), known as Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, from 1902 to 1916, was
Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon
Alexander_Henderson,_1st_Baron_Faringdon
Tim Shutter Bath stone, Stoke Ground base bed Diver 100 x 52 x 51 cm Faringdon Town Council Celebrating the friendship between the local eccentric Lord
List of public art in Oxfordshire
List_of_public_art_in_Oxfordshire
English eccentric (1911–1987)
estate, including Faringdon House. In 2014 Sofka Zinovieff wrote a memoir about Heber-Percy, Jennifer Fry and Lord Berners at Faringdon. In 1985, he married
Robert_Heber-Percy
English Benedictine and martyr
on 15 November 1539 at the gateway to Reading Abbey, along with Hugh Faringdon and John Rugg. Rugg was a prebendary at Chichester, but had retired to
John_Eynon
Academy in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England
Faringdon Community College is an 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school on the edge of Faringdon, a market town in Oxfordshire, England. The college has
Faringdon_Community_College
British composer and eccentric (1883-1950)
property, and money from an uncle. His inheritance included Faringdon House, in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, which he initially gave to his mother and her
Lord_Berners
Victorian Turkish baths in Swindon, England
The current Turkish baths opened on 10 December 1906 in the fund's new Faringdon Road Baths and Dispensary building, with its own entrance in Milton Street
Victorian Turkish baths, Swindon
Victorian_Turkish_baths,_Swindon
Village in Oxfordshire, England
parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Faringdon and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Wantage. It is part of the historic county
Stanford_in_the_Vale
Independent school in Oxfordshire, England
completed and opened in November. In 2020 a further development called Faringdon Lodge (containing Economics, Business and Computer Science) was completed
Abingdon_School
UK Parliament constituency (1983–2024)
reduction in size, with northern and western areas, including the town of Faringdon, being transferred to Witney, it was reformed as Didcot and Wantage, to
Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
Wantage_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
County of England
were historically part of Berkshire, but, in 1974, Abingdon, Didcot, Faringdon, Wallingford and Wantage were added to the administrative county of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Former railway station in England
Faringdon railway station is a closed stone and brick built railway station that served the market town of Faringdon, in Oxfordshire, England and was on
Faringdon_railway_station
Village in Oxfordshire, England
is a village and civil parish about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire
Shellingford
Ruined Cluniac abbey in Reading, Berkshire, England
during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. The last abbot, Hugh Faringdon, was subsequently tried and convicted of high treason and hanged, drawn
Reading_Abbey
Disused railway station in England
1840, Faringdon Road station was opened. After the Faringdon Railway between Uffington and Faringdon opened in 1864, the GWR renamed Faringdon Road "Challow"
Challow_railway_station
Series of paintings by Edward Burne-Jones
They were acquired by Alexander Henderson, later to become the Lord Faringdon, for Buscot Park. When Burne-Jones visited the house and saw the paintings
The_Legend_of_Briar_Rose
School in Reading, Berkshire, England
Blessed Hugh Faringdon is a Catholic state secondary school in Reading in Berkshire, England. The school has approximately 850 pupils on roll and around
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Blessed_Hugh_Faringdon_Catholic_School
Village in Oxfordshire, England
White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Faringdon. The village is close to the county boundary with Wiltshire and about
Shrivenham
Wantage Wallingford Henley-on-Thames Thame Chipping Norton Woodstock Faringdon This is a list of settlements in both the non-metropolitan shire and ceremonial
List_of_places_in_Oxfordshire
UK Parliament constituency (since 1983)
existed on 1 December 2020): The District of Vale of White Horse wards of: Faringdon; Kingston Bagpuize; Thames; Watchfield & Shrivenham. The District of West
Witney_(constituency)
Town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
Stanford in the Vale and Faringdon, and the 68 service 2-4 times a day between Wantage, East Challow, Childrey, Uffington and Faringdon. There are up to seven
Wantage
Comedy by Ian Hay
of the late Angela Faringdon. Donkin was, it is implied, in love with Angela in his younger days, but she married Aubrey Faringdon, who has brought up
Housemaster_(play)
English royalist divine (1598–1658)
and was baptised on 24 December 1598. His name is also spelled Farndon, Faringdon, Farringdon, Farington, and Farrington. He was admitted a scholar of Trinity
Anthony_Farindon
Former railway station in England
became a junction as the Faringdon Railway opened between there and the town of Faringdon. In 1886 the GWR took over the Faringdon Railway. The station closed
Uffington_railway_station
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Pusey is a village and civil parish 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire, England. It was historically
Pusey,_Oxfordshire
Grade I listed bridge in Grafton and Radcot, Oxfordshire, England
Bridge is a crossing of the River Thames, south of Radcot and north of Faringdon, in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire (formerly part of
Radcot_Bridge
Postcode area within the United Kingdom
Pewsey), as well as a small part of south-west Oxfordshire (including Faringdon) and a very small part of Gloucestershire. The approximate coverage of
SN_postcode_area
Topics referred to by the same term
Métisse Motorcycles, a motorcycle manufacturer based in Carswell near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England Citroën C-Métisse, a French concept car Métis, an
Metisse_(disambiguation)
Type of fossil
Jurassic ammonite internal mold redeposited (and bored) in a Cretaceous sediment, thus a zombie taxon or remanié; Faringdon Sponge Gravel, England.
Zombie_taxon
Local museum in Oxfordshire, England
Brown's School Museum is a local museum in the village of Uffington (near Faringdon), Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1984. The museum covers local
Tom_Brown's_School_Museum
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Great Coxwell is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was in Berkshire until the 1974
Great_Coxwell
1994 novel by Ellis Peters
at Faringdon, Brien de Soulis, quickly follows his example, surrendering his castle to Stephen's besieging forces. Not all the garrison of Faringdon agree
Brother_Cadfael's_Penance
Academy in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form situated on Faringdon Road, in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It collaborates with
Larkmead_School
American actress (1921–2004)
acting career in 1938 by performing on Broadway as the character Chris Faringdon in Bachelor Born. For the summer of 1939, Sterling appeared in the summer
Jan_Sterling
wife Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay. In 1934, he purchased Pusey House near Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) where he subsequently lived. He was vice
Michael_Hornby
English health complex built in 1891
Baths and NHS Health Centre (the "Health Hydro"). To the north, beyond Faringdon Road, lies the Railway Village. To the east is Milton Road. To the south
Health_Hydro
Class of British locomotives
They were a smaller wheeled version of Robinson's earlier Class 9P "Lord Faringdon" express passenger class (LNER Class B3). The GCR built two batches at
GCR_Class_9Q
Non-metropolitan district in England
taking in three small Berkshire towns – in descending size order Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage – and the surrounding rural parishes. There are 68 parishes
Vale_of_White_Horse
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Constituency Witney County Constituency Towns Abingdon-on-Thames Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont Large villages Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean
Farmoor
English socialite (1912–2001)
Lord Berners until the latter's death in 1950, when Robert inherited Faringdon House in Oxfordshire. They "parted amicably" a year later. She was instrumental
Lady_Dorothy_Lygon
Village near Faringdon, England
beside the River Thames about two-and-a-half miles (4 km) north-west of Faringdon. It was in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to
Eaton_Hastings
son, Henry Unton. Anne Seymour died in February 1588 and was buried at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). Jane Stevenson: "Seymour, Lady Jane (1541–1561)"
Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick
Anne_Seymour,_Countess_of_Warwick
Fox hunting pack
up residence in a house called 'The Elms', on the Lechlade Road, near Faringdon, where he kept his main kennels, 'in a field...near the brick kiln'. (He
Vale_of_White_Horse_Hunt
Former English school in Woolhampton
Samson of medieval Bury St Edmunds; Faringdon House, named after the martyred last abbot of Reading Abbey Hugh Faringdon; Walmesley House, after Bishop Charles
Douai_School
Spanish journalist, broadcaster and writer
Lodge in Eaton Hastings, a house rented from Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon, of nearby Buscot Park. He died on 24 December 1957 in his wife Ilsa’s
Arturo_Barea
Civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
Constituency Witney County Constituency Towns Abingdon-on-Thames Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont Large villages Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean
Western_Valley
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Since 2001 it has absorbed Little Faringdon, which had been a separate civil parish. The 2011 Census recorded the
Kelmscott
for vesting in the Great Western Railway Company the Undertaking of the Faringdon Railway Company; for authorising and confirming Agreements with other
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1886
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1886
British peer (born 1955)
Cunliffe William Buckley, 4th Baron Wrenbury Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon Charles Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy Christopher Norton, 3rd Baron
Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe
Matilda_Simon,_3rd_Baroness_Simon_of_Wythenshawe
During its history, the United Kingdom (and previously the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland) has seen many families who have
List of political families in the United Kingdom
List_of_political_families_in_the_United_Kingdom
Carterton Edward Feild Primary School, Kidlington The Elms Primary School, Faringdon Enstone Primary School, Enstone Europa School UK, Culham Ewelme CE Primary
List of schools in Oxfordshire
List_of_schools_in_Oxfordshire
British peer (born 1963)
Cunliffe William Buckley, 4th Baron Wrenbury Charles Henderson, 3rd Baron Faringdon Charles Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy Christopher Norton, 3rd Baron
John Robinson, 2nd Baron Martonmere
John_Robinson,_2nd_Baron_Martonmere
Somerset) to Bath Abbey; also land at Worth (probably Littleworth in Faringdon), Cookham and Thatcham, Berkshire; Chelworth, Wiltshire; Incgenæsham (
List_of_Anglo-Saxon_charters
British magazine financier (1916–2003)
"the Mad Boy". For two years she formed a ménage à trois with them at Faringdon House, Oxfordshire. They divorced in 1947. She loved and was loved by
Jennifer_Ross
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Fernham is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. Fernham was historically
Fernham
Princess Romanovsky-Pavlovsky
the rest of her life surrounded by her dogs. Lady Mary Lygon died in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, in 1982. Byrne, Paul (9 August 2009). "Sex scandal behind
Lady_Mary_Lygon
Geological formation in England
Badbury Hill, Faringdon (Folly Hill) and Boars Hill. Softer sandy deposits occur within the Corallian, found for example at Faringdon, Shellingford and
Corallian_Group
from Wallingford in the County of Berks to Wantage, and from thence to Faringdon, and also from Wantage to Idson in the said County, so far as the same
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1765
Village in Oxfordshire, England
village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Faringdon and 6 miles (10 km) west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's
Uffington,_Oxfordshire
Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
1665 for John Pye of Hone, Derbyshire second son of Sir Robert Pye of Faringdon, Berkshire (1558–1662), Auditor of the Exchequer to James I and Charles
Pye_baronets
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
Constituency Witney County Constituency Towns Abingdon-on-Thames Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont Large villages Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean
Didcot_and_Wantage
Austrian writer and communist activist (1902–1973)
Oxfordshire, England. They rented the house from Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park. Barea-Kulcsar became a British citizen in 1948 and joined
Ilse_Barea-Kulcsar
Class of British steam locomotives (1917–1920)
one in 1917, and five in 1920. They were sometimes known as the Lord Faringdon class, from the name of the first one built. John G. Robinson served as
GCR_Class_9P
Village in Gloucestershire, England
Nearby villages include Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, Little Faringdon, Fairford, Lechlade, Filkins and Hatherop. The name Southrop comes from
Southrop
Village in Oxfordshire, England
parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by John Fidel of Faringdon and built in 1799–1800. The building was remodelled in 1882 to the designs
Kingston_Bagpuize
Hill in Oxfordshire
Badbury Hill is a hill in the civil parish of Great Coxwell near Faringdon in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire
Badbury_Hill
Type of building
Cranmore, Somerset Culloden Tower, Richmond, North Yorkshire Faringdon Folly, Faringdon, Oxfordshire Flounders' Folly, Shropshire Forbidden Corner, North
Folly
Village in Oxfordshire, England
village and civil parish off the A420, almost 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred
Littleworth, Vale of White Horse
Littleworth,_Vale_of_White_Horse
Grade I listed historic house in Pangbourne, Berkshire, United Kingdom
became one of their main manors. In his role as Abbot of Reading, Hugh Faringdon was residing at Bere Court in 1539 when he was arrested for high treason
Bere_Court
Zimbabwean-born British singer and songwriter
he discovered gospel music. Rwodzi attended Faringdon Community College, in the market town of Faringdon. He then attended New College in Swindon where
S1mba
began in August before their departure. Colchester Cheriton Lichfield Faringdon Naseby Edgehill Newbury Oxford Lostwithiel Leicester London Lisle spent
George_Lisle_(Royalist)
Ornamental structure
to commemorate Cumberland's victory in the Battle of Culloden Faringdon Folly Faringdon Oxfordshire 1935 Flounder's Folly Craven Arms Shropshire 1838
Folly_tower
Village in Oxfordshire, England
changes transferred it to Oxfordshire in 1974. The village is between Faringdon, 7 miles (11 km) to the west, and Oxford, 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast
Longworth
Association football club in England
century near Faringdon road. The club joined the North Berks Football League for the 1924–25 season, and finished as winners of Division 2 (Faringdon) in their
Clanfield_F.C.
Elstead, Surrey URC Fareham URC Fareham, Hampshire 1691 URC Faringdon United Church Faringdon, Oxfordshire Methodist / URC The Spire Church, Farnham Farnham
List of churches in the United Reformed Church
List_of_churches_in_the_United_Reformed_Church
St Edward's School, Oxford St George's School, Ascot St Hugh's School, Faringdon St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa St Joseph's College, Ipswich St Lawrence
List of boarding schools in the United Kingdom
List_of_boarding_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom
British politician (1914–1995)
Eirene White Chair of the Fabian Society 1959 – 1960 Succeeded by Baron Faringdon Preceded by John Parker President of the Fabian Society 1988 – 1993 Succeeded by
Billy_Hughes_(educationist)
Ward of the City of London
Nicholas de Faringdon, who was appointed Lord Mayor of London for "as long as it shall please him" by King Edward II. The ward had been in the Faringdon family
Farringdon_Without
Geological unit
referred to as the Woburn Sands Formation. In Oxfordshire it is known as the Faringdon Sand. In North Wiltshire as the Calne Sands Formation and in parts of
Lower_Greensand_Group
and for other Purposes. Faringdon Railway (Amendment) Act 1862 25 & 26 Vict. c. x 16 May 1862 An Act to enable the Faringdon Railway Company to create
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1862
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1862
FARINGDON
FARINGDON
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FARINGDON
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern
Lord of Heart; Kind; Name of an Old Sage
Girl/Female
Armenian, Assamese, Danish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Latin, Sindhi, Swedish, Telugu
Queen of Gods; Protector
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Name of Flower
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern)
English (mainly southern) : from a Middle English personal name, a survival of Old English GÅdcild, composed of the elements gÅd ‘good’ + the late Old English name-forming element cild (see Child). This name may also have been used in the Middle English period as a nickname for a good person.English : nickname from godchild, i.e. someone who was the godchild of an important member of the community. Compare Godson, which was similarly confused with Goodson.English translation of German Gutkind (see Gutkin).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord of Shiva
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kashmiri
Joyful
Girl/Female
German
Shining Pledge
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Preserver of Satisfaction
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably connected with Rapley Farm in Berkshire, although it is not clear whether the surname is derived from the farm name or vice versa.Altered spelling of the Swiss family name Räpple (see Rappleye).
Boy/Male
English
Introduced to Britain during the Norman conquest, from the Old German Filibert, meaning very bright.
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