Farmcote

Farmcote is a hamlet in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the town of Winchcombe and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Temple Guiting.

Farmcote
St Faith's chapel
Farmcote Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SP060289
Civil parish	Temple Guiting
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL54
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds

Farmcote is a small place, a few houses along a dead end lane, but has a long history. Beckbury Camp, half a mile north of the hamlet, is an Iron Age univallate hillfort.[1] St Faith's chapel in the hamlet dates back to Saxon times.

Farmcote was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Fernecote.[2] The toponym is derived from the Old English fearn "fern" and cot "cottage", and so means "fern cottage(s)".[3]

In the Middle Ages Hailes Abbey held land here, and built Farmcote Grange, the remains of which are still visible.[4] In 1314 Stephen de Stratford was granted lordship of Farmcote Manor, and his Stratford family descendants held the manor until the estate was sold in 1756. Following the dissolution of Hailes Abbey in 1539 the Farmcote Stratfords occupied Great Farmcote Manor House. The manor house, still bearing the arms of the Stratford family, is now a Grade II listed building.[5]

Farmcote became a chapelry of the parish of Guiting Power (also known as Lower Guiting),[6] but in 1883 was transferred to the civil parish of Pinnock and Hyde. The civil parish of Pinnock and Hyde was abolished in 1935 and merged with the civil parish of Temple Guiting.[7]