Centurie de la Colline aux Fougères
No mention of the hundred of Faringdon appears in the Domesday Survey when Faringdon and Coxwell were in the hundred of Wifol, (fn. 2) or Wyfold as it is called in 1224–5.
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) north-west of Wantage and 12 miles (19 km) east-north-east of Swindon. Its views extend to the River Thames in the north and the highest ground visible is on the Ridgeway in the south.
The toponym 'Faringdon' means 'hill covered in fern'. Claims, for example by P. J. Goodrich,[2] that King Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) died in Faringdon are unfounded.[3] Domesday Book of 1086 records Farendone as a large settlement with 45 households (in the top 20% of all settlements in England for population) in the ancient hundred of Wyfold in Berkshire.[4] Faringdon was one of many settlements owned by the king so had the benefit of paying no geld, a land tax.
Manoirs Domesday
Name Households Buscot 64 [Great] Faringdon 45 Eaton [Hastings] 29 [Great] Coxwell 20 [Little] Coxwell 17
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