- Farcet
Infobox UK place
official_name= Farcet
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL198943
latitude= 52.53
longitude= -0.23
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shire_county=Cambridgeshire
shire_district=Huntingdonshire
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hide_services= YesFarcet – in
Huntingdonshire (now part ofCambridgeshire ),England – is avillage north east of Yaxley adjacent to thePeterborough suburb ofOld Fletton . [cite web
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title = Towns & Villages: Farcet
work = Service Directory
publisher = Huntingdonshire District Council
date = 2007
url = http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/Community+and+People/Neighbourhood-village/Towns+and+Villages/Farcet.htm
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accessdate = 2007-10-04 ]The
parish of Farcet was established in 1851, having previously been part of the parish ofStanground , its northern neighbour and thevicarage of Stanground included thecuracy of the village church. [cite journal
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title = Letters from Mary, Countess Dowager of Westmorland, to the Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1639
journal = Notes and Queries
volume = 4-11
issue = 28
pages = 25
publisher = Oxford Journals
location = London
date = 1868-07-11
url = http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/s4-II/28/25.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-10-04 ]Farcet has a working men's club called the "The Village Club" and a pub called "The Black Swan". The old
River Nene flows through it and you can get to theGreen Wheel cycling and walking network from it, on the end of St Mary's Street, near the working men's club.Next to the village (though technically in
Huntingdonshire ) isCrown Lakes Country Park . The park has a well maintained walkway around several lakes as well as a dedicated area for the very rareGreat Crested Newt , Britain's largestnewt .Farcet church
The church of St. Mary consists of a
chancel , southchapel ,nave , northaisle , south aisle, west tower and southporch . The walls are ofashlar andrubble with stone dressings, and the roofs are covered with stone slates and lead.The church is not mentioned in the
Domesday survey of 1086, but in the 12th century there was a chancel and an aisleless nave to which a west tower was added in the later years of that century. In the middle of the next century the chancel was rebuilt and a south chapel added. About 1275 the south aisle was added and was continued to the western wall of the tower, possibly with the intention of pulling down the tower and correspondingly lengthen the nave. The south porch was built in the 14th century.The church was restored in 1852 when the chancel and chapel are said to have been rebuilt, the nave roof renewed and the north aisle added. The tower was restored in 1894-7.
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