Farnborough, Berkshire
Historical Description
Farnborough, a village and a parish in Berks, 4½ miles. W by N of East Ilsley, and 7 SSE of Wantage Road station on the G.W.R. Post town, Wantage; money order and telegraph office, Chaddleworth. Acreage, 1886; population, 203. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross-value, £267 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Early English style, has a good doorway, a fine font, and monuments of the Prices, and was recently restored.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Berkshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Farnborough All Saints | |
| Hundred | Compton | |
| Poor Law union | Wantage |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1735.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is an ancient fabric of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave and fine embattled western tower containing a clock and 4 bells; in the church are several monuments of the family of Price, formerly residents here, including the Rev. Bartholomew Price, rector, d. 17 April, 1677, and Mary (Garnham) his wife; his sons, Bartholomew Price M.A. rector, 1702-32, and Pebley Price esq. of the Ham, Wantage, d. Nov. 1723, with other children; John Price esq. of the Ham, d. 28 Nov. 1787, and Annie (Robins) his wife; William Price esq. of Charlton House, Wantage, d. Jan. 1792, and Mary (Collins) his wife; and the Rev. Ralph Price M.A. rector, d. 20 Nov. 1779, all sons of the foregoing Petley Price esq.; Charles, 3rd Son of the Rev. Ralph Price, lord mayor of London and M.P. for the City, was created a baronet, 2 Feb. 1804; the chancel retains a piscina and has also some stained windows, the east window being a memorial to members of the Whitehurst family; the church was restored by the Rev. John Whitehurst M.A. in 1883 and 1885 at a total cost of £550, and affords 100 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Farnborough was in Wantage Registration District from 1837 to 1974
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, or Farmborough (All Saints))
- Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1915
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire 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 Berkshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, and 1665-6 is available online.