Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Boundary Changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The parish is bounded to the north and north-west by the River Ock, to the south by its tributary Stutfield Brook and to the east by field boundaries. The village is arranged along a large, elongated village green running north – south, on the side of a slight rise of land bounded on two sides by a bend in the river. Balking is an ancient form of the toponym, dating from the 10th century. Other forms from the same century were Bedelacing and Bedelakinges. 12th century forms included Badeleking and Badeking. Further forms were Batheleking in the 13th century, Bauking in the 16th century and Bawlkin in the 17th century. Wikipedia [ - ]

Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles southeast of Faringdon in the... [ + ]