Approximate Population: 57,147

Farnborough, Hampshire, is situated in the northeast of Hampshire and near to the boundary with Surrey. The River Blackwater forms part of the boundary. It is located 55 km (34 miles) southwest of London and 26 km (16 miles) east of Basingstoke, directly to the south of junction 4 of the M3 motorway. The town lies at the centre of the Blackwater Valley conurbation, which includes Aldershot, Camberley, Yateley, Sandhurst, Frimley and Farnham.

Farnborough has incorporated several sizeable villages as it has expanded, including Cove and Southwood, both of which are now considered suburbs. It is continuous with the garrison town of Aldershot to the south and with Frimley to the north. Based in the town is the council of the local government district of Rushmoor. The district has borough status and also covers nearby Aldershot.

The suburbs of Farnborough are Southwood,Fox Lane, Rafborough, Cove, Farnborough Park, Farnborough Street, West Heath, South Farnborough, North Camp, Barningley Park are suburbs of Farnborough.

Farnborough has undergone a number of name changes: Ferneberga (xi cent.); Farnburghe, Farenberg (xiii cent.); Farnborowe, Fremborough, Fameborough (xvi cent.).

‘Parishes: Farnborough’, A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 15–18. Date accessed: 1 October 2008. Tower Hill, Cove, Farnborough There is irrefutable evidence that many years ago a large accumulation of Sarsens existed upon what later came to be known as ‘Tower Hill’. To this day well over 1000 of these stones remain, sized from one or two ton down to loaf size, scattered, reused for many different purposes, but still within a short distance of their probable original site.

Farnborough was founded in Saxon times and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is formed from Ferneberga which means ‘fern hill’.

The town is the home of Saint Michael’s Abbey. The Imperial Crypt there is the burial place of Napoleon III (1808–1873), Emperor of the French, and his wife, Eugénie de Montijo, (1826–1920) and their son, Louis Napoléon, The Prince Imperial, who was killed in South Africa aged 23, on (1 June 1879) by the Zulus. The crypt of St Peter’s Old Parish Church is also believed to house the remains of many of the Earls of Anglesey.

In 1922 T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) was posted to Farnborough (R.A.F.) for a photography course, it is thought he lived in Farnborough for 6 weeks.

Chartered Surveyors Farnborough Hampshire

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