The Royalist army occupied a strong position on a ridge between the villages of Little Oxenden and East Farndon about two miles south of Market Harborough The Royalist scoutmaster Sir Francis Ruce was sent out to find the Parliamentarian army and rode south for two to three miles but saw no sign of it, perhaps through negligence.

Hynde then formed a band composed of Pete Farndon ( who was later associated romantically with Hynde ) on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff on drums.

Farndon was in the midst of forming a new band with former Clash drummer Topper Headon ( who coincidentally, was battling heroin addiction and left the band, unable to cope ), when he was found dead on 14 April 1983 by his American wife, Conover.

Some historians believe that Farndon was the location of the first ever competitive horse race with riders, in a local field on the banks of the River Dee.

During the English Civil War, Farndon was the scene of bitter fighting over the Bridge that was controlling access to Chester from Wales.

* John Speed ( 1542 – 1629 ), cartographer, was born in Farndon.

The village also has a Methodist Chapel at nearby Crewe by Farndon which is a pleasant walk from the village.

* Science Investigations-Electricity by John Farndon

* Churton by Farndon

* Crewe by Farndon

* Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know by John Farndon ( 2006 )

* Iran: Everything You Need to Know by John Farndon ( 2007 )

The original band comprised initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals, rhythm guitar ), James Honeyman-Scott ( lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards ), Pete Farndon ( bass guitar, backing vocals ), and Martin Chambers ( drums, backing vocals, percussion ).

* 1983 – Pete Farndon, English bassist ( The Pretenders ) ( b. 1952 )

* 1952 – Pete Farndon, English bassist ( The Pretenders ) ( d. 1983 )

After taking heroin and passing out, Farndon drowned in his bathtub, leaving the Pretenders with two living members.

... And we're paying tribute to James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, without whom we wouldn't be here.

Farndon is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

It is reported that Edward the Elder died in the ancient parish of Farndon in AD 924, shortly after quelling a revolt of an alliance of Mercians and Welshmen.

Up to the 14th century, Farndon also included the chapelry of Holt in Denbighshire, Wales.

Farndon is very close to the border between England and Wales ( the actual border is on the bridge which crosses the river Dee and which separates Farndon and the village of Holt.

) Consequently, Farndon has a Welsh name: Rhedynfre.

The border moved numerous times during the following centuries, placing Farndon alternately in Wales and England.

Farndon Bridge spans the Dee connecting Farndon to the nearby Welsh village of Holt on higher ground.

Next to Farndon Bridge is a small picnic area beside the river.

At the entrance to the picnic area are Farndon Cliffs.

St Chad's is the old parish church in Farndon.

Two of these, the Farndon Arms and the Nags Head, closed in the summer of 2007 and the Farndon Arms has since reopened as ' The Farndon '; the Nags Head remains closed.

At the same moment Wheeler Fiske fired the rifle Mike had given him and another guerrilla was hit.

`` I'd wind up full of bullet holes '', he said, and there was no question that he was talking about bullets fired by his coworkers.

It was hit by a shell fired by the bombarding Venetian army and the great central portion of the temple was blown to smithereens.

We knew the enemy was subdued, because a flare was fired as the signal.

It was not even certain the shot had been fired from either hotel.

On top of everything else they were two months behind on their apartment rent, and the day Wally received written notice that he was fired, they were evicted.

Erickson was also fired in 2012, and replaced by Todd Graham.

Falcons coach Leeman Bennett was fired after the loss.

Brenly was fired partway through the season and was replaced on an interim basis by third base coach Al Pedrique.

In a turn of events that proved to be a minor embarrassment for the reorganized ownership group, Backman was almost immediately fired after management learned, after the fact, of legal troubles and improprieties in Backman's past.

The development of the AFV continued into World War I, when the tracked tank was introduced on the Western Front-a machine that was armoured because it was specifically designed to be fired upon.

The AVRE version of the Churchill Tank was armed with a Spigot mortar that fired a HE-filled projectile ( nicknamed the Flying Dustbin ).

Although several shots were fired in the duel, nobody was injured, and the two were persuaded by their seconds to discontinue it.

Use of two guns was therefore a reasonable compromise, as this allowed one gun to be cocked as the other is being fired, in practical terms doubling the rate of fire and the available number of bullets.

After several false starts during the 16th and 17th centuries the brass industry was also established in England taking advantage of abundant supplies of cheap copper smelted in the new coal fired reverberatory furnace.

Indeed, a number of communist students loyal to Meyer moved to the Soviet Union when he was fired in 1930.

Former CEO Dale Fuller was fired in July 2005 after a series of financial and commercial blunders, but remained on the board of directors.

He was introduced on August 2 and made his debut on August 3, after the Orioles fired Samuel.

Ceramic, or fired brick was used as early as 4500 BC in early Indus Valley cities.