FARNSFIELD, a village and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands on an eminence, near the river Greet, 4 miles NW by W of Southwell town and r. station; and has a post office under Southwell. The parish comprises 3, 920 acres. Real property, £6, 682. Pop., 1, 071. Houses, 253. The property is much sub-divided. Farnsfield House and Hexgrave Park are chief residences. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, Southwell College Church. The church, excepting the tower, was recently rebuilt. There is a Wesleytn chapel. An endowed school has £20; and other charities £13.

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