Farmoor
| Farmoor | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP4507 |
| Location: | 51°45’40"N, 1°21’7"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Oxford |
| Postcode: | OX2 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oxford West and Abingdon |
Farmoor is a village in Berkshire, 3½ miles west of and across the Thames from the centre of Oxford.
The village is found 550 yards from Pinkhill Lock on the River Thames. Farmoor has a village shop, petrol 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 away at the parish church of St Michael, Cumnor. There is now the church of St 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 the Oaken Holt Rest Home in Eynsham Road, Farmoor as a location for the 1990s sitcom Waiting for God.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Fieldnames". Cumnor Parish Record. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ "Farmoor St Mary, Farmoor". A Church Near You. The Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/farmoor-st-mary/. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ Brian Curtis. "Farmoor St Mary". Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels. Brian Curtis. http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/Farmoor.html. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ "Waiting for God: Location Details". British TV Comedy. http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/waitgod/location.html. Retrieved 30 May 2010.