Farnborough Berkshire Family History Guide

Farnborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1739
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FARNBOROUGH, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; 4¼ miles W by N of East Ilsley, and 6½ SSE of Wantage-Road r. station. Post town, West Ilsley, under Newbury.

Acres, 1,844. Real property, £3,030. Pop., 232. Houses, 48. The property is not much divided. A Roman road, called Old-street, traverses the E district. The parish is a meet for the Bramshill hounds.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £291. Patron, Ralph Price, Esq. The church is Norman; has a good doorway, a fine font, and monuments of the Prices; and is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Farnborough, or Farmborough (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wantage, hundred of Compton, county of Berks., 5 miles (W. by N.) from East Ilsley; containing 204 inhabitants.

It comprises by computation 1890 acres ; the soil is extremely various ; on the same field are frequently found a stiff clay, chalk, and sand ; the greater portion of the parish is in downs and sheep-walks ; the surface is hilly, and the springs lie at a great depth.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 8. 4., and in the gift of the Rev. G. Price : the tithes have been commuted for £300, and the glebe comprises 60 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.