West Farndon

West Farndon
West Farndon
	A road at West Farndon
	West Farndon Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP528515
Civil parish	Woodford cum Membris;
District	Daventry;
Shire county	Northamptonshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Daventry
Postcode district	NN11
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry;
Website	Woodford cum Membris
	List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°09′32″N 1°13′42″W / 52.1589°N 1.2283°W

West Farndon is a hamlet and deserted medieval village about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of Hinton, Northamptonshire, in the civil parish of Woodford cum Membris.

Archaeology and history

Sherds of second- and third-century Roman pottery have been found west of the present hamlet, indicating the site of a Roman settlement.^[1]

The Domesday Book of 1086 records two small manors at West Farndon.^[2] 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 Pr.) 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.^[1]