Badbury Bluebells, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire #bbowt #badburyclump #badburyhill #highworth #faringdon #westoxfordshire #aylwardphotography #bluebells #bluebell #bluebellwoods #landscapephotography
May 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Badbury Bluebells, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire #bbowt #badburyclump #badburyhill #highworth #faringdon #westoxfordshire #aylwardphotography #bluebells #bluebell #bluebellwoods #landscapephotography
London, 1956
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at dark and smoky London King’s Cross station. You can smell the atmosphere of this photo…
📷 G Heiron
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at dark and smoky London King’s Cross station. You can smell the atmosphere of this photo…
📷 G Heiron
May 22, 2026 at 11:03 AM
London, 1956
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at dark and smoky London King’s Cross station. You can smell the atmosphere of this photo…
📷 G Heiron
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at dark and smoky London King’s Cross station. You can smell the atmosphere of this photo…
📷 G Heiron
Eric Ravilious : Buscot Park, Faringdon 1938
April 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Eric Ravilious : Buscot Park, Faringdon 1938
Faringdon (apologies to Farringdon, if you exist)
I found this folly whilst in Farringdon, built by a rather interesting guy called Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt Wilson who put up signs saying please dont feed the giraffes, dyed the local pigeons and ate meals of only one colour
April 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Faringdon (apologies to Farringdon, if you exist)
A motion in support of a ban on pavement parking was approved by Oxfordshire County Council in the full Council meeting yesterday, with 50 votes for and 1 abstention. It was raised by Cllr Bethia Thomas (LibDem, Faringdon).
July 1, 2026 at 8:39 AM
A motion in support of a ban on pavement parking was approved by Oxfordshire County Council in the full Council meeting yesterday, with 50 votes for and 1 abstention. It was raised by Cllr Bethia Thomas (LibDem, Faringdon).
Day 19 #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'Social Group'.
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 19 #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'Social Group'.
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
1776: A sharp, single, crack of thunder at Faringdon: the air was cold, & chilly.
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1776: A sharp, single, crack of thunder at Faringdon: the air was cold, & chilly.
The village of Faringdon taken at dawn from a nearby bluebell wood.
April 18, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The village of Faringdon taken at dawn from a nearby bluebell wood.
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at London King’s Cross in 1956.
A similar perspective to the Deltic photo below but from 25 years earlier. It could be 125 years earlier!
📷 G Heiron
A similar perspective to the Deltic photo below but from 25 years earlier. It could be 125 years earlier!
📷 G Heiron
May 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
A4 Pacifics Mallard and Lord Faringdon at London King’s Cross in 1956.
A similar perspective to the Deltic photo below but from 25 years earlier. It could be 125 years earlier!
📷 G Heiron
A similar perspective to the Deltic photo below but from 25 years earlier. It could be 125 years earlier!
📷 G Heiron
Twenty-six plots have been handed over as part of Bloor Homes’ Oriel Gardens development in Faringdon, along with three accessible raised flower beds and a public orchard. Rents are being kept affordable at £20 er year. #AllotmentLife
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2532166...
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2532166...
Allotments handed over as part of new development
Dozens of new allotments are now available for green-fingered residents in Faringdon
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Twenty-six plots have been handed over as part of Bloor Homes’ Oriel Gardens development in Faringdon, along with three accessible raised flower beds and a public orchard. Rents are being kept affordable at £20 er year. #AllotmentLife
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2532166...
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2532166...
Column capitals in Faringdon church
October 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Column capitals in Faringdon church
1776: Swallows withdrew at Lyndon in Rutland. Some swallows remain at Faringdon: in appearance a young brood not long flown: they were very brisk. Bat out.
October 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1776: Swallows withdrew at Lyndon in Rutland. Some swallows remain at Faringdon: in appearance a young brood not long flown: they were very brisk. Bat out.
1776: Numbers of swallows & martins playing about at Faringdon, & settling on the trees. If hirundines hide in rocks & caverns, how do they, while torpid, avoid being eaten by weasels & other vermin?
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1776: Numbers of swallows & martins playing about at Faringdon, & settling on the trees. If hirundines hide in rocks & caverns, how do they, while torpid, avoid being eaten by weasels & other vermin?
Pub 3365, Swan, Faringdon. A beauty, one of my favourites this week. A rare Oxon carpet 8/10. Wet led. Sensible Sunderland bitter. John the Baptist, stab vests and Morecambe all discussed. Late dolly colouring in book nonsense, but didn't spoil it.
April 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Pub 3365, Swan, Faringdon. A beauty, one of my favourites this week. A rare Oxon carpet 8/10. Wet led. Sensible Sunderland bitter. John the Baptist, stab vests and Morecambe all discussed. Late dolly colouring in book nonsense, but didn't spoil it.
In local news,
"Faringdon Folly in Oxfordshire will be 90 years old in November ... New research suggests the folly and its surroundings were JRR Tolkein's inspiration for the hill in Hobbiton and the wizard Saruman's tower of Orthanc."
Maybe? It's near Buckland...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Faringdon Folly in Oxfordshire will be 90 years old in November ... New research suggests the folly and its surroundings were JRR Tolkein's inspiration for the hill in Hobbiton and the wizard Saruman's tower of Orthanc."
Maybe? It's near Buckland...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lord of the Rings landmark repair fund reaches £350,000
Faringdon Folly in Oxfordshire is thought to have inspired Saruman's Tower of Orthanc in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In local news,
"Faringdon Folly in Oxfordshire will be 90 years old in November ... New research suggests the folly and its surroundings were JRR Tolkein's inspiration for the hill in Hobbiton and the wizard Saruman's tower of Orthanc."
Maybe? It's near Buckland...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Faringdon Folly in Oxfordshire will be 90 years old in November ... New research suggests the folly and its surroundings were JRR Tolkein's inspiration for the hill in Hobbiton and the wizard Saruman's tower of Orthanc."
Maybe? It's near Buckland...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Arbutus unedo or strawberry tree, Faringdon, London.
December 1, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Arbutus unedo or strawberry tree, Faringdon, London.
This amazing roof structure, at Great Coxwell Barn, near Faringdon, was built around 1300 to serve a distant monastery. One marvels at the woodworking skills of those medieval carpenters. William Morris was so impressed he took visitors to nearby Kelmscott Manor to see it.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This amazing roof structure, at Great Coxwell Barn, near Faringdon, was built around 1300 to serve a distant monastery. One marvels at the woodworking skills of those medieval carpenters. William Morris was so impressed he took visitors to nearby Kelmscott Manor to see it.
#Photography #History
#Photography #History
Just in time for the next heatwave, Thames Water are filling our river with shit. Enjoy.
June 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Just in time for the next heatwave, Thames Water are filling our river with shit. Enjoy.
RIP Rosemary Church, who "founded the Faringdon & District Archaeological & Historical Society" which "catalogued gravestones, transcribed documents, collected photographs from a bygone age, put on exhibitions and talks, and set up a history resource centre"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Rosemary Church obituary
Other lives: Primary school teacher who set up a local history society in the Oxfordshire town of Faringdon
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
RIP Rosemary Church, who "founded the Faringdon & District Archaeological & Historical Society" which "catalogued gravestones, transcribed documents, collected photographs from a bygone age, put on exhibitions and talks, and set up a history resource centre"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Here in the UK, the Faringdon Sponge Gravels (Aptian, Cretaceous) are used for making hoggin paths. They contain abundant fossils, often derived from older strata. Here a fossil Favosites coral peeps through the hoggin path in Gordon Square Gardens in Bloomsbury #urbangeology #london
March 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Here in the UK, the Faringdon Sponge Gravels (Aptian, Cretaceous) are used for making hoggin paths. They contain abundant fossils, often derived from older strata. Here a fossil Favosites coral peeps through the hoggin path in Gordon Square Gardens in Bloomsbury #urbangeology #london
Post painting of the Betsey Trotwood Pub in Faringdon. All paintings available from link on my Bio or message me.
February 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Post painting of the Betsey Trotwood Pub in Faringdon. All paintings available from link on my Bio or message me.
I should avoid trains I never learn. I thought I'd take train from Faringdon to London Bridge. A Thames link train, a first. Got on, then the sign on the train said next stop East Croydon 😱🙈 PTS ..it stopped at London bridge. I fled .Now I'm on an omnibus 🙈
May 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I should avoid trains I never learn. I thought I'd take train from Faringdon to London Bridge. A Thames link train, a first. Got on, then the sign on the train said next stop East Croydon 😱🙈 PTS ..it stopped at London bridge. I fled .Now I'm on an omnibus 🙈
Vows never to return KLAXON
'I'm never going back': Man told to leave gym after unusual dispute
A Faringdon man says he will never return to a Swindon gym after being asked to leave for wearing Ugg boots at the facility.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Vows never to return KLAXON
Elsewhere in the county, the site of the Manor Preparatory School was recently up for sale in Shippon near Abingdon, but is now sold subject to contract.
www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...
www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...
Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxon OX13, 8 bed detached house for sale, £850,000 - Zoopla
8 bed detached house for sale in Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxon OX13, selling for £850,000 from Strutt & Parker - Oxford. See property details on Zoopla or browse all our range of properties ...
www.zoopla.co.uk
September 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Elsewhere in the county, the site of the Manor Preparatory School was recently up for sale in Shippon near Abingdon, but is now sold subject to contract.
www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...
www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...