Farnborough
"FARNBOROUGH, a parish in the lower half of the hundred of Crondall, Odiham division of county Hants, 5½ miles N.E. of Farnham, and 32 from London. It has stations on the London and South-Western and the South-Eastern railways, and is a post town. The Basingstoke canal passes through the parish, of which nearly half is in heath and plantations. The surface is undulating, and the soil is generally gravel and sand. Farnborough is the head of a Poor-law Union and of a superintendent registry, but is included within the Farnham new County Court district. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £123. The Baptists have a chapel. There are charities of about £3 per annum. George Morant, Esq., is lord of the manor. Farnborough Place is the principal residence. In this parish are several tumuli."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- Victoria Road Cemetery, Victoria Road, Cemetery
- Ship Lane Cemetery, Ship Lane, Cemetery, Farnborough Green
- St John, St Johns Road, Church of England, Cove
- St Peter, Church Avenue, Church of England
Church Records
- Cove Baptist Church, Church Lane, Baptist, Cove
- Farnborough Baptist Church, Queens Road, Baptist
- St Christopher, Cove Road, Church of England, Cove
- St John, St Johns Road, Church of England, Cove
- Church of the Good Shepherd, Sand Hill, Church of England
- St Mark, Reading Road, Church of England
- St Peter, Church Avenue, Church of England
- All Saints (old church), Fernhill Lane, Church of England, Hawley
- All Saints, Chapel Lane, Church of England, South Hawley
- Southwood Church, Links Way, Southwood, Church of England, Southwood
- Cove Methodist Church, Victoria Road, Methodist, Cove
- Hawley Lane Methodist Church, Hawley Lane, Methodist
- North Camp Methodist Church, Alexandra Road, Methodist
- Ebenezer Tabernacle, Queens Road, Other
- St Michael (Abbey), Farnborough Road, Other
- Our Lady and St Dominic, High View Road, Roman Catholic
- Our Lady Help of Christians, Queens Road, Roman Catholic
- St Dominic, Moor Road, Roman Catholic
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Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Farnborough from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Farnborough from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Farnborough from British History Online.
Maps
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