FARNDON, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of NEWARK, county of NOTTINGHAM, 2
miles (S.W. by W.) from Newark, containing 499 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, with the curacies
of Balderton, and Fiskerton, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham,
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books
at £6. 13. 4., endowed with £400 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of the Prebendary of Farndon in the
Cathedral Church of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to
St. Peter, is a large and lofty edifice. The parish is
bounded on the west by the river Trent, and is intersected
by the Roman fosse-road. There is a small endowment
for teaching children.