West Farndon | |
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A road at West Farndon | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
OS grid reference | SP528515 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Daventry |
Postcode district | NN11 |
Dialling code | 01327 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Woodford cum Membris |
West Farndon is a hamlet and deserted medieval village about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of Hinton, Northamptonshire, in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris.
Sherds of second- and third-century Roman pottery have been found west of the present hamlet, indicating the site of a Roman settlement. [1]
The Domesday Book of 1086 records two small manors at West Farndon. [2] Surviving earthworks east and south of the present hamlet show the extent of the former village. In 1760 an inclosure act ended Hinton's open field system of farming, and by 1840 much of the former village was deserted. Much of the ridge and furrow pattern of the common fields is still visible. [1]
The Jurassic Way long distance footpath passes through West Farndon.
Woodford Halse is a village about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Daventry in Northamptonshire. It is in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris, which includes also village of Hinton and hamlet of West Farndon. Hinton and Woodford Halse are separated by the infant River Cherwell and the former course of the Great Central Main Line railway.
Upper Catesby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Catesby, Northamptonshire, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Daventry. The hamlet is about 550 feet (170 m) above sea level, at the top of a northwest-facing escarpment. The population is included in the civil parish of Hellidon.
Lower Catesby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Catesby, Northamptonshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Daventry. Lower Catesby is beside the nascent River Leam, which rises about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south in the parish of Hellidon. The Jurassic Way long-distance footpath passes through Lower Catesby. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Hellidon.
Hellidon is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The parish area is about 1,600 acres (650 ha). It lies 520 feet (160 m) – 590 feet (180 m) above sea level on the north face of an ironstone ridge, its highest point, 670 feet (200 m) at Windmill Hill, being 0.5 miles (800 m) south-east of the village. The Leam and tributaries rise in the parish. The 2011 Census gave a population of 256, estimated at 286 in 2019. The long-distance Jurassic Way footpath linking Banbury, Oxfordshire, and Stamford, Lincolnshire, passes through. The origin of the name is unclear. "Holy Valley", "Haegla's Valley" and "Unstable valley" have been suggested, with the Old English "dun", meaning hill.
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