Farnborough, London

Farnborough is an area of South-East London in the London Borough of Bromley and the historic county of Kent. It is located 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross, and lies south of Locksbottom, west of Green Street Green, north of Downe and Hazelwood, and east of Keston.

Not to be confused with Farnborough, Hampshire; Farnborough, Berkshire; or Farnborough, Warwickshire.

Farnborough

Farnborough High Street with its village sign
Farnborough
Location within Greater London
Population14,632 (2011 Census. Farnborough and Crofton Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ445645
• Charing Cross13.4 mi (21.6 km) NW
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townORPINGTON
Postcode districtBR6
Dialling code01689
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly

History
The old village pump

The village name derives from Fearnbiorginga, meaning a village among the ferns on the hill.[2] Old records date from 862 when Ethelbert, King of Wessex, gave away 950 acres at Farnborough. The village was not included in the Domesday Book of 1086, but the manor existed in the Middle Ages and was held in the 13th century by Simon de Montfort.[3][2]

The village evolved on the main road from London to Hastings which originally ran via Church Road and Old Hill (to the south of the village). The George pub existed in the 16th century and was used as a coaching inn. Coaches and horses were accommodated later.[3] In 1639 a severe storm destroyed St Giles' Church –it was later rebuilt.[2]

Farnborough formed a civil parish in the Ruxley hundred of Kent. In 1840 the parish was included in the Metropolitan Police District. It was part of the Bromley rural sanitary district and went on to form part of the Bromley Rural District from 1894 to 1934. The parish was abolished in 1934 as part of a county review order, following the Local Government Act 1929, and its area was split between the Municipal Borough of Bromley (3 acres) and Orpington Urban District (1,426 acres). The entire area has formed part of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London since 1965.[4] The population of the parish was as follows:

Year18011811182118311841185118611871188118911901191119211931
Population[5]3144525536386809209551,0861,4511,6272,2623,2103,3224,373

Suburban development occurred in the post-Second World War years, resulting in the former village becoming contiguous with the London conurbation, however Green Belt legislation prevented any further development southwards.[2]

Transport

Rail

The nearest National Rail station to Farnborough is Orpington, located 1.7 miles away.

Buses

Farnborough is served by London Buses routes 358 & R4. These connect it with areas including Beckenham, Bromley, Crystal Palace, Orpington & Penge.

Notable residents
  • Steve Bennett (b. 1961) - football referee, born in Farnborough.[6]
  • Urania Boswell aka 'Gypsy Lee' (d. 1933) - local woman dubbed the Queen of the Kent gypsies.[2]
  • Chris Cowdrey (b. 1957) - cricketer, born in Farnborough.[2]
  • Nigel Farage (b. 1964) - absolute wanker.[7]
  • Welcome sign
  • The centre of Farnborough, looking east
  • The Woodman pub
  • St Giles Church, parts of which date to the 12th century, though heavily modified in the 19th century, with the war memorial to the left[8]
  • A view to the south from near St Giles the Abbot church
  • Farnborough Village Hall

References
  1. "Bromley Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. Willey, Russ (2006). The London Gazetteer. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. pp. 172–3.
  3. "Farnborough Village Society". Farnboroughvillage.info. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Farnborough (historic map). Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  5. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Farnborough population. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  6. "Birthdate and Biographical detail". the Football League official website. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  7. "Biography of Nigel Farage at the European Parliament". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST GILES THE ABBOT (1064339)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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