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]
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![]() ![]() Farmington Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 112 [1] |
OS grid reference | SP134153 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL54 |
Dialling code | 01451 |
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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]
![](../I/m/The_Farmington_Lodge%2C_Northleach%2C_Gloucestershire%2C_west_front%2C_1893%2C_of_Edmund_Waller_(1828-98).jpg)
Edmund Waller's (d.1898) Farmington Lodge, Northleach, Gloucestershire, west front, 1893.
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Edmund Waller VI or VII, (1828-98), JP, DL, of Farmington Lodge, 1869-1898.
![](../I/m/Brass_plaque_to_Edmund_Waller_(1828-98)_in_church_of_St._Peter's%2C_Farmington%2C_Gloucestershire.jpg)
Brass plaque to Edmund Waller (1828-98) in church of St. Peter's.
![](../I/m/Waller_of_Hall_Barn%2C_Farmington_and_Kirby_Fleetham%2C_family_chart_1560-1954_(by_R._de_Salis%2C_2003).jpg)
Waller of Farmington chart, 1560-1954.
Notable residents
- Robert Carr (1916-2012), English 20th Century politician. Grave in St. Peter's Churchyard.
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References
- "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).
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