Faxton

It is believed that the name Faxton comes from a Scandinavian personal name Fakr and the Anglo-Saxon tun, meaning Fakr's Farm. This would indicate that Faxton grew from a Viking or Norse settler's farmstead and that the name would date from approximately the 9th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 names Faxton as the Manor of Fextone, noting that the population was of approximately 60 to 80 people. Archaeological evidence has been found of settlement at Faxton as early as around 1200. The village is documented as having consisted of a church, a rectory, a hall, an aviary, almshouse and a number of ponds. In 1730 Lady Danvers founded the parish's almshouses for four persons and, six years…