East Farndon
| East Farndon | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 East Farndon church and village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP718851 |
| Location: | 52°27’35"N, 0°56’39"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 307 (2011) |
| Post town: | Market Harborough |
| Postcode: | LE16 |
| Dialling code: | 01858 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Kettering |
East Farndon is a small, linear village in Northamptonshire, about one mile south of Market Harborough, and accordingly close to the border with Leicestershire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 307.
The village's name means 'Ferny hill'.[1]
Parish church
The parish church, St John the Baptist, is mediæval. The main structure of the present church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. The church consists of a nave, chancel, south aisle and west tower. It is a Grade I listed building.[2]
History
The village appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. In a field on the west side of the parish is the Judith Stone. This is a glacial erratic, brought from probably hundreds of miles away during an ice Age. It is thought to take its name from the Countess Judith, niece of William the Conqueror, who is recorded in the Domesday Book as holding land in the parish, so perhaps the stone marked a boundary of some kind.
The church stands at the top of a hill and the village street runs down the hill quite steeply from there towards the town of Market Harborough. The church dates mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries and has a fine tower which can be seen for some miles around.
King Charles's army came through the village and occupied the ridge to the south of the church before its defeat at the Battle of Naseby in 1645.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Farndon) |
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/East%20Farndon.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1054010: Church of St John the Baptist (Grade I listing)
