GREAT, a market-town of Berkshire, situated at the foot of Farringdon Hill, about 2 miles from the Thames, 30 W.N.W. of Reading, and 68 from London. Pop. (1851) 2466. The town is neat, clean, lighted with gas, and well supplied with water from the spring of Port- well. The streets diverge from the centre of the town, where the town-hall is situated. The parish church is an interesting Gothic structure of different periods; the E. end being of great antiquity. Market-day, Tuesday. Faringdon carries on an extensive trade in corn and bacon.