FARNSFIELD, a parish in the liberty of SOUTHWELL-and-SCROOBY,
though locally in the wapentake
of Thurgarton, county of NOTTINGHAM, 4 miles (N. W.
by W.) from Southwell, containing 811 inhabitants,
The living is a dischai-ged vicarage, in the peculiar,
jurisdiction and patronage of the Chapter of the Colle .
giate Church of Southwell, rated in the king's books
at £4. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A free,
school is endowed with a house and certain land of the >
annual value of £20.