Farmoor

Farmoor
Farmoor
	St Mary's parish church
	Farmoor Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP4507
Civil parish	Cumnor;
District	Vale of White Horse;
Shire county	Oxfordshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX2
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon;
	List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°45′37″N 1°21′9″W / 51.76028°N 1.35250°W

Farmoor is a village 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of the centre of Oxford, England. The village was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is 550 yards (500 m) from Pinkhill Lock on the River Thames. Farmoor has a village shop, filling station and a small business park called Farmoor Court. Historically the Farmoor area was called the tything of Stroud. Farmoor Common was an open field within the tything. It is now submerged under the reservoir.^[1] The village was developed in the early decades of the 20th century and took its name from the Common.

Farmoor is part of the parish of Cumnor, and until the 20th century parishioners worshipped 2 miles (3 km) away at the Church of England parish church of Saint Michael, Cumnor. There is now the church of Saint Mary, Farmoor^[2]^[3] that was built as a chapel of ease. Farmoor Reservoir was built in 1967 and extended in 1976. It has a number of wetland nature areas. BBC Television used Oaken Holt Rest Home in Eynsham Road, Farmoor, as a location for the 1990s sitcom Waiting for God.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Fieldnames". Cumnor Parish Record. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
^ "Farmoor St Mary, Farmoor". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
^ Brian Curtis. "Farmoor St Mary". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
^ "Waiting for God: Location Details". British TV Comedy. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

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[1] "Fieldnames". Cumnor Parish Record. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

[2] "Farmoor St Mary, Farmoor". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

[3] Brian Curtis. "Farmoor St Mary". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

[4] "Waiting for God: Location Details". British TV Comedy. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

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v t e The District of the Vale of White Horse
Oxfordshire County Council elections District Council elections Wantage County Constituency Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency
Towns	Abingdon-on-Thames Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont
Large villages	Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean Court Farmoor Swinford Drayton East Challow East Hendred Grove Harwell Kennington Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Kingston Bagpuize Southmoor Marcham Cothill Milton North Hinksey Botley Harcourt Hill Radley St. Helen Without Dry Sandford Shippon Shrivenham Stanford in the Vale Bow Steventon Sunningwell Bayworth Boars Hill Foxcombe Hill Sutton Courtenay Watchfield Wootton Boars Hill Henwood Lamborough Hill
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Appleford-on-Thames Appleton-with-Eaton Appleton Eaton Ardington and Lockinge Ardington Ardington Wick East Lockinge West Lockinge West Ginge Ashbury Idstone Kingstone Winslow Baulking Besselsleigh Bourton Buckland Gainfield Buscot Charney Bassett Childrey Chilton Coleshill Compton Beauchamp Knighton Denchworth East Hanney Eaton Hastings Fernham Frilford Fyfield and Tubney Fyfield Tubney Netherton Garford Goosey Great Coxwell Hatford Little Hatford Hinton Waldrist Duxford Kingston Lisle Letcombe Bassett Letcombe Regis Little Coxwell Littleworth Longcot Longworth Lyford Pusey Shellingford South Hinksey Hinksey Hill Sparsholt Uffington Upton West Challow West Hanney West Hendred East Ginge Western Valley Woolstone Wytham Seacourt
Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Abingdon Abingdon Rural District Faringdon Rural District Wantage Urban District Wantage Rural District
Former constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency Abingdon Borough Constituency Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency Abingdon County Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire List of places in Oxfordshire List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire

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