Farnborough Hampshire Family History Guide
Farnborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hampshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1584
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FARNBOROUGH, a parish on the NE border of Hants, and a sub-district and a district in Hants and Surrey.
The parish lies on the Southwestern railway and on the Basingstoke canal, 6 miles NNE of Farnham; has a station with telegraph on the main line of the railway, and also a station on the Reading branch; and has a head post office, called Farnborough Station, another post office, called Farnborough, under Farnborough Station, ¾ of a mile distant, and a third post office, called Farnborough Road, under Farnborough Station, 2 miles distant. Acres, 2, 208. Real property, £3, 040. Pop., exclusive of military, in 1851, 477; in 1861, 1, 600. Houses, 144. The property is not much divided.
A society was formed in 1862, for the purchase of free-hold land on advantageous sites, to assist builders and others with advances in covering it with buildings; and arrangements were made for purchasing 230 acres of land, and a hotel, between the Farnborough station and the Aldershot camps. The north camp is within this parish; and, at the census of 1861, had 3, 929 military; so that the entire pop. then was 5, 529. The Farnborough station, or that on the main Southwestern line, is one of the four “gates” of the camps; and has the advantage of being accessible from London by uninterrupted run. There are some tumuli.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £250. Patron, W. Scott, Esq. The church is old; and there are some small charities. See Aldershot.
The sub-district contains also the parishes of Yateley and Long Sutton in Hants, and the parishes of Puttenham, Seal-with-Tongham, and part of Ash in Surrey. Acres, 24, 142. Pop., 11, 190. Houses, 1, 260.
The district comprehends also the sub-district of Headley, containing the parishes of Headley, Kingsley, and Bramshott, all in Hants. Acres, 39, 571. Poor-rates in 1862, £4, 651. Pop. in 1851, 7, 839; in 1861, 14, 318. Houses, 1, 925.
Marriages in 1860, 81; births, 325, of which 15 were illegitimate; deaths, 200, of which 63 were at ages under 5 years, and 3 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 629; births, 2, 519; deaths, 1, 580.
The places of worship in 1851 were 11 of the Church of England, with 3, 088 sittings; 1 of Independents, with 110 s.; 2 of Baptists, with 145 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 90 s.; and 4 of Bible Christians, with 344 s.
The schools were 13 public day schools, with 779 scholars; 10 private day schools, with 207 s.; 11 Sunday schools, with 707 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 20 s. The district is composed of Farnborough, Ash, and Headley incorporations, under Gilbert’s act; and it has workhouses in Farnborough, Ash, and Headley
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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- County: Hampshire
- Civil Registration District: Farnborough
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Winchester
- Diocese: Winchester
- Rural Deanery: Basingstoke
- Poor Law Union: Farnborough
- Hundred: Crondall
- Province: Canterbury