West Farndon

 ( Deserted Medieval Villages In Northamptonshire ) 

West Farndon is a hamlet and deserted medieval village in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is about southwest of Hinton, in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris.

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Archaeology and history of second- and third-century Roman pottery have been found west of the present hamlet, indicating the site of a Roman Britain settlement.

The Domesday Book of 1086 records two small Manorialism at West Farndon. Surviving earthworks east and south of the present hamlet show the extent of the former village. The Eydon Inclosure Act 1760 (1 Geo. 3. c. 10 ) ended West Farndon's open field system of farming; by 1840 much of the former village was deserted. Much of the ridge and furrow pattern of the common fields is still visible.

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Amenities The Jurassic Way long distance footpath passes through West Farndon.

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