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FARINGDON (Great), a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; containing the post and railway town of Faringdon, the township of Little Coxwell, the tythings of Port, Westbrook, and Wadley, and the hamlet of Thrupp. Acres, 6, 910. Real property, £16, 253. Pop., 3, 702. Houses, 752. At Radcot Bridge, over the Thames, at the northern boundary of the parish, was fought, in 1387, the battle between Robert Vere, Duke of Ireland, and the Earl of Derby, afterwards Henry IV.
Here Oxford's hero, famous for his boar,
While clashing swords upon his target sound,
And show'rs of arrows from his breast rebound,
Prepar'd for worst of fates, undaunted stood:
And urg'd his beast into the rapid flood;
The waves in triumph bore him, and were proud
To sink beneath their honourable load.
The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Little Coxwell, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £265.* Patrons, Simeon's Trustees. The p. curacy of Littleworth is a separate benefice. See Faringdon.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Great Faringdon CP/AP Faringdon RegD/PLU Berkshire AncC |
| Place names: | FARINGDON | FARINGDON GREAT | GREAT FARINGDON |
| Place: | Faringdon |
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