Farndon

The Library at Newark-on-Trent will prove useful in your research.

• The Farndon Cemetery is located on Marsh Lane near the center of the village, near the Memorial Hall.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Farndon Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
   
• J. THOMAS also has a photograph of Farndon Cemetery taken in April, 2012.
   
• Barbara K. CROFT has provided you with a report on Burials in Farndon Cemetery, 1907 - 1944.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of a portion of the church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.

• The parish was in the Balderton sub-district of the Newark Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Peter.
   
• The church is located at the southwest end of the village.
   
• The church building was erected during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is reported to be the third church built on the present site.
   
• The church was rebuilt in 1598 (Near the end of Queen Elizabeth I's reign).
   
• The church was partially rebuilt in 1664.
   
• The church interior was renovated circa 1880.
   
• The church is Grade I listed with British Heritage.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2009.
   
• J. HANNAH-BRIGGS has a nice shot of the church interior taken in February, 2013.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1569
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Newark
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1847.
   
• Richard VINCE has a photograph of the Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2014.
   
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel built here in 1881.
   

• The parish was in the Balderton sub-district of the Newark Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Farndon is a village and a parish only 3 miles south of Newark on the River Trent. The parish covers 1,750 acres.

Farndon has developed a large marina on the River Trent in recent decades. You can stop by The Riverside Pub and Kitchen and admire the boats. This used to be the old Britannia Pub when there was a ferry crossing here. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A46 (the old "Foss Way") south out of Newark toward Bingham.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of The old Fosse Way on its way into Newark on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2012.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of The A46 bridge over the Trent at Farndon on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2011.
   
• Bus service is available from Newark.
   
• Keep an eye out for the Farndon Windmill, here shown on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2008, by Richard CROFT.
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Farndon Marina on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011. Visitors find the Marina a relaxing place to walk, stop and have a pint, or to watch the local birds cavort.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Farndon to another place.

The BBC reports that Farndon has a prehistoric site with hundreds of Ice Age flint tools.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the barge Leicester Trader on Geo-graph, taken in Augyst, 2012.

David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of the Rose and Crown Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK768518 (Lat/Lon: 53.057943, -0.855546), Farndon which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The Great War Bulletin for December 7, 1914 tells us that four men of Farndon had been appointed as "Special Constables" to assist the police force in the event of a German invasion. They were: K. MAYFIELD, maltster; R. H. HOWITT, gentleman; Herbert GODDARD, farmer; William DENISON, retired police officer.
   
• You may want to read about The WEAVER Brothers of Farndon.
   
• The Great War Bulletin for May 24th, 1915 tells us that private Harry FORSDICK of the 4th Btln. Suffolk Regt. was hospitalized back in the UK after being in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
   
• There is a Memorial Hall on Marsh Lane. Inside is a board with white lettering that is a War Memorial for the 18 men who died in WWI and the 12 men who died in WWII.
   
• The Methodist Chapel has a Shield-shaped stone tablet mounted on a rectangular stone base with the names of 13 men who perished in World War One.
   
• The Traces of War site tells us that there are 2 Commonwealth War Graves from World War One and 2 from World War Two at Farndon Cemetery.

There are four Commonwealth War Graves in Farndon Cemetery:

These are the names that appear on the board in the Memorial Hall:

1. Barlow, Harry
2. Bown, George
3. Britten, Charles Matthew
4. Brockton, George
5. Bush, Henry Christopher
6. Dolman, Robert
7. Godson, Edward, South Staff. Regt.
8. Hall, John Henry
9. Harrison, Charles Edgar
10. Leader, Alfred
11. Lord, Winifred Jane, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
12. McNaught-Davis, James Walden Fortune
13. Moore, Walter Gilbert
14. Pride, Ernest
15. Renshaw, John William
16. Sharpe, Edgar Joseph
17. Taylor, George Henry
18. Willows, James

And these are the 13 names listed on the Methodist Chapel stone tablet (note: There are a number of duplicates to the list above):

1. Barlow, Harry
2. Britten, Charles Matthew
3. Brockton, George
4. Dolman, Robert
5. Hall, John Henry
6. Harrison, Charles Edgar
7. McNaught-Davis, James Walden Fortune
8. Moore, Walter Gilbert.
9. Pride, Ernest
10. Renshaw, John William
11. Sharpe, Edgar Joseph
12. Taylor, George Henry
13. Willows, James

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
   
• You may contact the Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed nor funded to help you with family history searches.
   
• District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Newark petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
   
• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1768.
   
• In 1771 Mr. HEMPSALL left a charity of £100 for the poor.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Newark Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	387
1831	570
1851	590
1871	652
1881	698
1891	699
1901	684

• A National School was built here in 1858 to hold 120 children. This school was replaced by St. Peter's Primary School in 1960.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of the rear of Farndon Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2016.

You may want to hob-nob with the Farndon Archaeological Research & Investigations Society