Name: St. Michael's Church, Farnsfield
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St. Michael's Church, Farnsfield

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Location: Farnsfield, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Deer at Hexgreave Park loop from Farnsfield

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2. Southwell Minster – Southwell Minster loop from Southwell

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3. Robin Hood's Hill loop from Farnsfield

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Alex Foxfield

January 2, 2021

A pretty red-brick village that boasts a couple of pubs, a small Co-op and a village bakery, if you are in need refreshment or supplies. To the north is the former Southwell to Mansfield railway line, which has since been converted into the Southwell Trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. To the south is a memorial to a Halifax bomber that crashed here in 1944, killing all on board.

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May 6, 2025

The first mention of Farnsfield emerges in 956AD in a document in which King Edwy of Northumbria gave the Danish Archbishop of York, Oscytel, the manor of Southwell, which included the farmstead of Farnsfield. Farnsfield was a small community of farmsteads scraping a living from agriculture in a clearing at the edge of Sherwood Forest.

By 1520 Farnsfield was the responsibility of Southwell Minster under the Archbishop of York, Cardinal Wolsey. Most people were farmers and poor land, bad weather, disease and starvation were constant hazards. By the 1600s more specialised trades were developing in Farnsfield including bakers, tailors and shoemakers. By the late 1700s sheep rearing was the main source of income from outside.

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Location: Farnsfield, Newark And Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

St. Michael's Church, Farnsfield

1. Deer at Hexgreave Park loop from Farnsfield

2. Southwell Minster – Southwell Minster loop from Southwell

3. Robin Hood's Hill loop from Farnsfield

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