Farndon, Cheshire

Description
Farndon, a village, a township, and a parish in Cheshire. The, village stands on the river Dee, 4 1/2 miles W of Broxton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 8 S of Chester. It is connected with Holt in Denbighshire by a very old flat bridge of 9 arches; at the Welsh end there appears to have been a superstructure, the remains of which are still seen. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chester. The township comprises 1069 acres; population, 560. The parish contains also the townships of Barton, Clutton, Crewe, Churton, and Kingsmarsh (formerly extra-parochial). Area of parish, 8793 acres; population, 941. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £300. Patron, the Duke of Westminster. The church was rebuilt on the site of one burnt in 1645, was restored in 1869, and includes a chapel of the Barnston family. There are eight bells and a very fine recumbent figure of a knight of the 14th century in full armour. There are Congregational and Plymouth Brethren chapels. There is an obelisk on the Chester Road to the memory of Major Barnston. John Speed the antiquary was a native.