Farnham, North Yorkshire Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0394°N -1.465°W
Official Name:Farnham
Static Image:Farnham, North Yorkshire.jpg
Static Image Caption:Farnham from the village green
Population:189
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Farnham
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Harrogate and Knaresborough
Post Town:KNARESBOROUGH
Postcode District:HG5
Postcode Area:HG
Os Grid Reference:SE351605

Farnham is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Knaresborough.[1]

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having one household and 26 ploughlands. The name derives from the Old English of Feran-hām, meaning the homestead where the ferns grew.[2] [3] St Oswald's Church, Farnham, the Anglican church, dates back to the 12th century and is grade I listed.

Farnham Gravel Pits were worked between 1941 and 1985. The pits later filled with water and cover an area of .[4] The pits hosted Britain's first Pacific diver in January and February 2007.[5]

The Knaresborough Hoard of Roman vessels found in 1864 was probably discovered near Farnham.[6]

Farnham is the location of a large factory, Treves UK which makes automotive components.[7] Farnham is served by five buses each way per day between Knaresborough and York.[8]

Governance

Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Claro, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[9] It was moved into North Yorkshire in 1974 and was part of the Harrogate District until 2023.[10] [11]

Population of Farnham 1801–2015[12] [13] [14] !1801!1811!1821!1831!1841!1851!1861!1871!1881!1891!1901!1911!1921!1931!1951!1961!2011!2015
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St Oswald, Farnham, Yorkshire, West Riding . crsbi.ac.uk . 30 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Farnham Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 30 September 2023.
  3. Book: Ekwall . Eilert . Eilert Ekwall . The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names . 1960 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-869103-3 . 175 . 4.
  4. Web site: Farnham Gravel Pit . hdns.org.uk . 30 September 2023.
  5. Taylor, Garry, Martin Garner and John McLoughlin (2007) "The Pacific Diver in North Yorkshire - a new Western Palearctic bird", Birding World 20(1):20-5
  6. Gerrard. James. August 2020. The Knaresborough Hoard. Roman Yorkshire: The Newsletter of the Roman Antiquities Section. Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 8–9.
  7. News: HQ opened in expansion drive . 30 September 2023 . York Press . 12 October 1999.
  8. Web site: 22 - York - Knaresborough . bustimes.org . 30 September 2023.
  9. Web site: Genuki: Farnham, Yorkshire (West Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 30 September 2023.
  10. Web site: Farnham Harrogate . getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 30 September 2023.
  11. News: Barrett . Thomas . North Yorkshire Council set to buy 11 homes for Afghan refugees in Harrogate area . 30 September 2023 . The Yorkshire Post . 11 July 2023.
  12. Book: Page . William . The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 . 1907 . Constable & Co . London . 528. 500092527.
  13. Web site: Administrative unit Farnham AP/CP . visionofbritain.org.uk . 30 September 2023.
  14. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates: Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . December 2016 . 13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf . 4 June 2022 . 30 September 2023.

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