Farmoor is a village west of the centre of

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. The village was part of

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until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is from

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on the

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. Farmoor has a village shop,

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and a small business park called Farmoor Court. Historically the Farmoor area was called the

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of Stroud. Farmoor Common was an

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within the tything. It is now submerged under the reservoir. The village was developed in the early decades of the 20th century and took its name from the Common. Farmoor is part of the parish of Cumnor, and until the 20th century parishioners worshipped away at the

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Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

, Cumnor. There is now the church of

Saint Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

, Farmoor that was built as a

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Farmoor Reservoir Farmoor Reservoir is a reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) outside the city of Oxford. It is close to the east bank of the River Thames. Like most of the reservoirs in the Thames Valley, it was not formed by d ...

was built in 1967 and extended in 1976. It has a number of wetland nature areas.

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used Oaken Holt Rest Home in Eynsham Road, Farmoor as a location for the 1990s

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'' Waiting for God''.

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Farmoor Village
Grid reference Villages in Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse {{oxfordshire-geo-stub

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