Farnborough, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Farnborough, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, "2 miles from the Oxford Canal, 2 SSE of Fenny Compton station on the East and West Junction and G.W.R., and 6 NW of Banbury, with a post, money order, and telegraphoffice under Banbury. The manor was known at Domesdayas Fernberge; belonged from the time of Richard I. till that of Edward III. to the Says, and passed first to the Raleighs, afterwards to the Holbech family. Farnborough Hall, the seat of the lord of the manor, is a handsome modern mansion standing in extensive grounds. There is a chalybeate spring, which was anciently called St Botolph's well. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £240 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1875 by Sir Gilbert Scott.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Warwickshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Farnborough St. Botolph | |
| Hundred | Kington | |
| Poor Law union | Banbury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Warwickshire County Record Office hold the following registers for Farnborough:
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|
| 1558-1979 | 1558-1999 | 1558-1947 |
Most of the records prior to 1911 have been digitised and are available on Ancestry.co.uk
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Farnborough from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Farnborough (St. Botolph))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Farnborough are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Warwickshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.