This is a good place to find a general overview of the history of the family.

Farndale History The narrative history of the Farndale family

Home Page Back to the Home Page

The Farndale Directory Alphabetical list of Farndales by date of birth

Farndale Themes Themes of Farndale history and social history

Farndale History Historical notes and timelines

Particular branches of the family tree Separate Lines of the Farndale family

Other Information Research methods

General Sir Martin Farndale KCB The biography of the originator of this research

Links Genealogies of other families

The best place to start exploring the Farndale family is by reading a narrative history of the family.

There are also two timelines:

· Timeline 1 covers the period 1000 CE to 1600.

· Timeline 2 covers the period 1600 to date.

Other general historical pages are:

· A history of Yorkshire in the eleventh century.

· Farndales and World War 1.

Martin Farndale started to wrote some historical notes which are still available but are now largely superseded by the above:

The Farndale History Part 1 – The Beginnings – The Middle Ages – 1154 to 1400.

The Farndale History Part 2 – The fifteenth and sixteen centuries – 1400-1600.