Farforth

{{Short description|Hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Farforth in winter - geograph.org.uk - 799620.jpg

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| static_image_caption= Farforth in winter

| country = England

| official_name= Farforth

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.291495|-0.019665|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish= Maidenwell

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Louth

| postcode_district = LN11

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF320789

| london_distance_mi= 125

| london_direction= S

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Farforth or Farforth-cum-Maidenwell is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Maidenwell, and approximately {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south of the town of Louth.{{cite web|title=Farforth Cum Maidenwell CP/AP |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10415160&c_id=10001043 |work=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612050806/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10415160 |archive-date=12 June 2012 }}

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is a Grade II listed building, rebuilt in 1861 using material from a previous medieval church. The font dates from the 15th century.{{NHLE|num=1063698|desc=St Peters Farforth|accessdate=29 June 2011}} The 1861 rebuilding in Early English style was financed by the family of William and Francis Osiear and the Corporation of Basingstoke. William and Francis Osiear are commemorated through an engraved brass plate in the chancel.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 391