Church of St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist’s Church stands in the centre of East Farndon, a small village in Northamptonshire. It is an Anglican parish church and holds Grade I listed status. The building has no mention in the 1086 Domesday Book, which suggests no church or resident priest existed then. The present structure dates mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries. It includes a nave, chancel, south aisle and west tower. The church belongs to a united benefice that also covers Arthingworth, Harrington and Oxendon. The church’s registers begin in 1562 and are now kept at the Northamptonshire Record Office. The registers record baptisms, marriages and burials from that time. The Historic England website provides a detailed architectural description of the building. The church remains an active place of worship for the local community. Its medieval fabric and later additions tell a long story of village life. Visitors find a quiet, well-preserved medieval church set among cottages and farmland. The interior shows simple Gothic lines and later fittings. Light falls through clear windows onto plain stonework. The west tower rises above the rooftops of the village. A peaceful churchyard surrounds the building, with headstones dating back centuries. The village itself offers gentle walks through lanes lined with stone houses.