Farthingstone, Northamptonshire

Description
Farthingstone, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, 3- miles SSW from Weedon station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5^ SW by S from Daventry. There is a post office-under Weedon; money order and telegraph office, Weedon. Area of parish, 1805 acres; population, 308. A double-ditched camp, of 13 acres, with lofty keep and mount, is on the brow of a hill, was found on excavation to have two-vaulted rooms, one over the other, and bears the name of Castle-Dykes. Another ancient camp, of 7 acres, is within the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is an ancient building-of local ironstone in the Gothic style. There is a Baptist chapel.