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In the late Anglo-Saxon period Little Faringdon was part of a large estate that included Faringdon (formally Great Faringdon), from which it took its name. From 1204 until 1538 the manor was held by the Cistercian Beaulieu Abbey as part of its larger Faringdon estate. The manor was then held by the Bourchier and Perrott families. In about 1860 it was sold to Charles Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley, whose descendants hold it today
Until the 20th century Little Faringdon was an estate village. In 1910 almost all the houses were owned by the lord of the mano
