Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FARNDON (East)

FARNDON (East), a parish in the district of Market-Harborough and county of Northampton; on the Grand Union canal, 2 miles SSW of Market-Harborough r. station. Post town, Market-Harborough, under Rugby. Acres, 1, 070. Real property, £3, 448. Pop., 242. Houses, 57. A mineral well is here, called Caldwell spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church has a tower, and is tolerable. Charities, £31.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Farndon CP/AP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: EAST FARNDON     |     FARNDON     |     FARNDON EAST
Place: East Farndon

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