Farnham Genealogical Records
Farnham Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Badshot Lea St George, Farnham and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Bourne St Thomas, Farnham. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Rowledge St James, Farnham. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Name index attached to original images of the baptism registers of Farnham. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
Farnham Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Badshot Lea, St George, Farnham. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Name index linked to original images of the marriage registers of Bourne, St Thomas, Farnham. Records document marriages from 1875 to 1937.
Details on those who married at Rowledge, St James, Farnham between 1871 and 1900. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
Name index linked to original images of the marriage registers of Farnham. Records document marriages from 1800 to 1836. Details may include a party's age, residence, martial status, father's name and signature.
Farnham Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Bourne St Thomas, Farnham, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1875 to 1967.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Rowledge St James, Farnham. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Burial records for people buried at St Andrew, Farnham between 1813 and 1886. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at Farnham, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1809 to 1853. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Farnham Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Newspapers Covering Farnham
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Reading area.
A regional paper including news from the Surrey area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
An affluent newspaper containing civil and legal notices, local news, obituaries, family announcements etc.
A journal containing several thousand articles on all manner of structures and antiquities in the county.
A regional paper including news from the Surrey area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
Farnham Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey. These records can help trace families back to the 17th century.
Transcripts of wills, predominately from Surrey, but also other counties in the south east. Names of 10,000s of people occurring in these wills have been indexed.
A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Commissary Court of Bishop of Winchester. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.
Summaries of names mentioned in around 29,000 wills, including relatives and witnesses.
Farnham Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Farnham Military Records
Transcriptions of 85,000 attestation documents for men who signed up for military service in Surrey. Records contain details on a conscripts age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and more.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Surrey, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Farnham Court & Legal Records
An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and voting qualification of those registered to vote. Contains around 14.5 million entries.
An index to and images of calendars of prisoners presented before Quarter Sessions and Assize. They may list name, age, occupation, name of accuser, crime accused, trial date, warrant date verdict, sentence and more.
An index to 10,000s of names linked to summaries of legal proceedings relating to crimes, licencing, local administration and more.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
Farnham Taxation Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Farnham Land & Property Records
An index to almost 2 million names, connected to digital images of registers recording land ownership and occupation. They list the names of owners and occupiers, details of tax assessments and sometimes a description of the property.
Lists containing over 200,000 names of men who were eligible to serve as jurors based on land possession. Digital images of the records may provide details on residence and occupation; names can be searched by an index.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Farnham Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Place-by-place listings of private and commercial residents, supplemented with descriptions of the settlement.
Farnham Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Farnham Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Farnham Histories & Books
A journal containing several thousand articles on all manner of structures and antiquities in the county.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling historical work, describing the county and its settlements. It contains around 1.2 million words across five volumes.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Histories of south-east London suburbs, supplemented with maps and photographs.
Farnham School & Education Records
Details of 3,600 students of a grammar school in Southwark, Surrey; now part of London. Entries include name, year of birth, birth order, date of admission, parents' names, address and a reference to original records.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Farnham Occupation & Business Records
Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registers recording public houses that were licenced to operate.
A list containing the names of almost 33,000 tradesmen who swore an oath to King William, of Orange.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Farnham
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Farnham Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Surrey's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a mid 17th century heraldic visitation of Surrey. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Surrey's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Farnham Church Records
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1692.
The parish registers of Farnham provide details of births, marriages and deaths from 1539 to 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
An index connected to original images of over 100 early Surrey parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Middlesex, Essex and Kent.
The parish registers of Surrey are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1533 and 1812. Parish registers can assist tracing a family as far back as 1533.
A dictionary of churches in the county, with particular attention paid to architecture.
Biographical Directories Covering Farnham
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Farnham Maps
Extremely detailed maps, charting features from roads to drains. Includes property boundaries.
A map plotting settlements, roads, railways and parks.
A map delineating the boundaries of the counties parishes, areas designated by the church of England.
A very detailed map of the county, which charts features down to individual fields.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Farnham Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Farnham is said to be so called from the great quantity of fern grown there. A village of the same name in Hertfordshire, and Farnham in Suffolk, both were called so from their fern.
The castle stands upon a fine rising ground on the north of the main street, and affords a noble prospect; yet it is bleak, and the apartments are too numerous to be warm. The kitchen utensils exhibit a pleasing idea of the old English hospitality; for which benevolent purpose such immense revenues were formerly given to ecclesiastics. Adjoining to the park, is Jay’s Tower, to the top of which you ascend by sixty-three stone steps. It is an old Roman tower, and was partly beat down by Oliver Cromwell’s army, whose cannon were fired against it from Crookberry Hill. It now contains about forty-eight rods of land on its top, which is converted into a kitchen-garden, the depth of earth being about four feet, with a number of large fruit trees growing upon it, and was annually visited by their Majesties during the lifetime of the late Bishop Thomas.
Farnham Castle was originally built by Henry de Blois, brother of King Stephen, and Bishop of Winchester. This fortress was seized by Louis the Dauphin, and the rebellious Barons, in 1216, and some years after razed to the ground by Henry III. It was, however, rebuilt in a style of great magnificence, with a deep moat, a strong wall and towers. In the civil wars of the seventeenth century it was garrisoned for the King.
The town contains many handsome houses and well paved streets. The weekly market is on Thursday.
Farnham was formerly one of the greatest corn markets in England. Abundance of hops are now the growth of the neighbourhood.
In the hundred of Farnham, three miles south of the town, is Frencham, situated in the south-west angle of the county, on the borders of the counties of Hampshire and Sussex; and on the confines of the forests of Holt and Wilmer. The parish is very extensive. The village consists of a few mean straggling houses, pleasantly situated on a dry sandy soil between gentle rising grounds, forming a little valley. The church is a low building, having an antique appearance, containing a nave, chancel, a vestry room adjoining the north side of the chancel, and a square tower at the west end. In the vestry room hangs a caldron, well known in the neighbourhood, by the legendary tales related concerning it, and supposed by antiquaries to have been brought from the neighbouring abbey of Waverley. In the south wall of the chancel, is a Gothic niche, with a piscina; near it, towards the angle at the wall, a small square recess, probably a repository for the Eucharist, preserved for the use of the sick. The font is a square sandstone standing on a central column, with smaller ones at the angles. The seats are ancient, and strongly built with oak, low and open; the fronts ornamented with trefoils.
FARNHAM is a parish, market and union town, head of a county court district, in the South Western division of the county, hundred of its own name, and in the rural deanery of Farnham, archdeaconry of Surrey, diocese of Winchester, situated on the Hampshire border of the county, on the Portsmouth road, and on the river Wey, over which there are two iron bridges, with a station on a branch of the London and South Western railway, 10 miles west from Guildford, 38 ¼ miles from London by road and 37 ¼ by railway. The parish includes the tithings of Wrecclesham, Badshot, Ronfold, Runwick, Hale, The Bourne, Tilford and Compton. Farnham sent members to Parliament in the time of Edward II. The town is supposed by some to be the Roman Calleva and the capital of the Belgic tribe of the Atrebates; it derives its name in part from the ferns which abounded in this locality.
The Local Government Act was adopted 27 July, 1866, and the Local Board has carried out an extensive scheme for the sewering of the town, at a cost of about £14,000.
The town is lighted with gas by a Company, from works in East street, and is supplied with water from works situated at Woolmer Hatch and Lawday House common, the property of a company; the two reservoirs contain 183,000 gallons.
The parish church of St. Andrew, built in the reign of Stephen as a chapel of ease to Waverley Abbey, is an edifice in the Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, transepts and an embattled western tower with four pinnacles containing 8 bells and a clock with chimes: the seventh bell was recast at the expense of George Trimmer esq. of Farnham, and rehung 5 June, 1890: the church was restored in 1862 at a cost of £4,500, and in 1865 the tower was restored at a cost of £1,650; great improvements and additions were also effected in 1886, at a cost of about £2,000: the church contains several monuments, including one erected to William Cobbett M.P. who died 18th June, 1835, by his friend and contemporary in Parliament, John Fielden, and in the chancel are three stained windows, presented by the late John Mainwaring Paine esq. of Farnham; a fourth has been erected to Mr. Paine by the parishioners, and a west window was erected in 1882 by Mrs. Paine in memory of her husband and their daughter, Mrs. Portman: the chancel has a very fine credence table and a piscina: there are 1,360 sittings. The complete register dates from May, 1539 The living is a vicarage and rectory, vicarial tithe rent-charge £300, gross yearly value £800, in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester and held since 1875 by the Rev. James Richard Philip Hoste B.A. of Clare College, Cambridge, hon. canon of Winchester, rural dean of Farnham and surrogate.
The church of St. James, situated in East street, was built in 1876 as a memorial to the late Dr. Charles Richard Sumner, bishop of Winchester (1827—69) at a cost of £4,000, and is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle and transept, south porch and a turret: the stained window and font were the gifts of the bishop’s family: there are about 350 sittings: the clergy of the parish church officiate.
The members of the Reformed Episcopal Church of England worship in a corrugated iron building in South street, seating about 180 persons.
St. Polycarp’s Catholic Mission Church, in Park lane, is a structure of brick, and will seat about 80 persons.
The Congregational church, South street, opened in July, 1873, at a total cost, including site, of about £4,600, is a building in the Geometric Gothic style, from designs by Mr. T. Wonnacott F.R.I.B.A, architect, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, quasi-transepts and at the south-east angle a tower with spire: there are sittings for 500 persons.
There is a Baptist chapel in Park lane, erected in 1852, with 100 sittings; a Wesleyan chapel in South street, erected in 1872, which seats 312 persons; and a Primitive Methodist chapel in Union street, with 180 sittings.
The Cemetery, situated at the extreme west end of the town, is about 6 acres in extent and has two small mortuary chapels and a sexton’s lodge: it is under the control of a Burial Board of nine members.
The Exchange, a noble building, standing prominently at the junction of Castle street with the street called “the Borough,” was erected in the year 1865 in place of the old market house; this building includes a Market Hall or Corn Exchange, with appropriate offices, shops and assembly rooms and was built by the “Farnham Market House and Town Hall Company Limited;” its cost, including the purchase of the ground, was £8,000, the amount being made up in 1,400 shares of £5 each, with £1,000 in contributions: at the corner of the building is a clock tower, 88 feet high, in the top storey of which is a four-dial clock, presented to the town by Samuel Nicholson esq. late of Waverley Abbey. The general market is held on Thursday, that for corn at the Exchange, and for cattle in South street. The hop market is the great feature in the trade of the town: the hop fair, held at Weyhill, near Andover, Hants, begins on the 10th of October and continues for the five following days. Fairs are held on the 10th May,: 24th June and 10th November.
A cattle show is also held here annually in December.
The principal hotel is the “Bush,” attached to which are very beautiful gardens and grounds, extending over several acres of land, and which Thackeray mentions in the “Virginians” as being over 300 years old; there are also tennis courts, bowling greens &c. and a hall capable of dining 140 persons, together with stabling: the other chief hotels are the “Lion and Lamb,” the “Railway,” the “Queen’s Head” and the “Ship.”
Windsor’s Almhouses, standing on the east side of Castle street, are eight in number and were erected in 1619 in honour of the Holy Trinity for eight poor persons of the Church of England, by Andrew Windsor, of Bentley; the inmates originally received 20d. per week, paid out of the rent of a farm at Buscott, Berks, but the addition of several other bequests has enabled the trustees to increase this amount to 7s. per week each, besides a grant of £2 at Christmas for the purchase of coals: the charity is managed by five trustees. Five almshouses were erected in Mead lane and endowed by the late Mr. Sampson. There are also other charities producing £160 yearly, for distribution.
The Police Station is in Union street.
The E Company 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment have a drill hall in Park lane, and number about 107 men.
The Volunteer Fire Brigade comprises a captain, superintendent and twelve men; the engine house is in East street.
The Young Men’s Institution, of which the Bishop of Winchester is the patron, was founded in 1853, and occupies rooms, with a museum attached, adjoining the Town Hall buildings.
The Conservative Club occupies the premises known as Ivy House, in Downing street, where it has commodious rooms and well laid out grounds: it now numbers about 300 members; the Hon. W. St. John Brodrick M.P. and financial secretary at the War Office, is president, and Mr. Frederick Hill, secretary.
The Liberal Club occupies rooms in South street, and has 130 members.
William Cobbett M.P. the eminent political writer, was born at the “Jolly Farmer” public-house in this town, 9th March, 1762; he died at Normandy, in Surrey, and is buried opposite the north door of the parish church here.
Farnham Castle is the residence of the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Winchester, prelate of the Order of the Garter, diocesan of Winchester, of the Isle of Wight and the Channel Isles, and third in rank among the prelates of England. The castle is situated north of the town and contains some ancient Norman work; it is said to have been founded in 1129 by Henry of Blois, brother of King Stephen and Bishop of Winchester, 1129—74, and was reputed a powerful fortress: at different periods it sustained several sieges and during the last was taken by the Parliamentary forces, under Sir William Waller: the ancient but ruined keep still remains in the episcopal garden. The Home Park, containing 300 acres and 300 deer, is watered by the river Loddon, a feeder of the Wey. On the south bank of the river Wey, at the foot of a hill, which bounds the heath between Farnham and Waverley, are Moor Park and house, the seat of Sir William Rose bart.; the house was formerly called “Compton Hall:” the park contains about 200 acres, and the meadows, plantations and gardens cover 450 acres: the estate was purchased by Sir William Temple and was the last retreat of that able scholar and statesman, who died here 27th January, 1698—9; here also Dean Swift wrote many of his works: adjoining the grounds is a house once the residence of Miss Johnson, whom Swift celebrated by the name of “Stella;” it is still known as “Stella’s Cottage:” the gardens, of which he speaks So highly, were in the Dutch-terraced style, with a canal between them and bounded by the fine stream of the Wey: the grounds have since been modernised, but a small portion of the canal remains. In the park is Mother Ludlam’s c ive, supposed to have been a subterranean passage, with an outlet at Guildford.
Near here are the remains of earthworks, called “Caesar's Camp,” which there is every reason to believe was one of the Roman permanent camps. Roman coins were found here in 1828 by C. E. Lefroy esq. and in 1866 a quantity of sestertii and other coins of the Emperors Diocletian, Constantine, Alexander Severus and Domitian, were discovered by Mr. J. Harafane Dowsett.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the hundred of Farnham; the courts are held at the Bush hotel.
The principal landowners are the Rev. E. J. Ward, Charles Andrews, Sir William Rose bart. J. H. Knight, V. and W. Knight, George Trimmer and J. Ware esqs.
The area is 10,117 acres, 1,400 of which are hops, the upper greensand here being suitable for their growth; rateable value, £46,438; the population in 1881 was 10,958, of which 4,539 are in the Local Board District.
Meet at the Town Hall the second & last Thursday in each month at 12 o’clock; & if required, every alternate Thursday at the police station at 12 o’clock. The following places are included in the petty sessional division:-Badshott Lea, The Bourne, Camberley, Elstead, Frimley, Heath End, Hindhead, Frensham, Millbridge, Shottermill, Tilford, Tongham, Wrecclesham, York Town.
Farnham Union
Board day, alternate Thursdays, at the Union house, at 10.30 a.m.
The Union comprises the following places:-Aldershot, Ash, Dockenfield (Hants), Farnham, Frensham, Frimley, Seale, Tongham & Waverley. The population of the union in 1881 was 40,275; rateable value, £152,333.
Workhouse, Hale road, was enlarged in 1847, & is capable of holding 314 inmates.
Places of Worship, with times of Services
St. Andrew’s Parish Church, Rev. James Richard Philip Hoste B.A. rector & vicar; Rev. William Westacott M.A. & Rev. George Brett B.A. curates; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Fri. 7 p.m.; James Winkworth Burningham, parish clerk.
Compton Mission Room, service 3 p.m. sun.
St. James’ Church, East street; 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.
St. Polycarps (Catholic) Mission Church, Rev. Matthew Gerin, priest in charge; holy com. 8 a.m; mass, 11; vespers, 6; week days, a daily mass at 8 a.m.
Baptist, Park lane, William Lee, minister; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Congregational, South street. Rev. William Hy. Richards, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. winter 7.30 & summer 8.15 p.m.
Reformed Episcopal Church (of England), South street. Rev. John Thomas Bell, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Primitive Methodist, Union street, minister (vacant); 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.
Wesleyan, South street. Rev. John Perrett, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.
Schools
Grammar, West street, first founded at an unknown date, was refounded & endowed in 1611 by Dr. J. Harding, then president of Magdalen College, Oxford, & the endowment was augmented in 1657 by Messrs. N. & J. Brown & in 1679 by Dr. George Morley, Bishop of Winchester (1662—84): after having been for some years in abeyance, the school was re-established in 1849, & school rooms & a dormitory were erected in 1872: the average number of scholars is about 60.
The School of Science & Art, established in 1870, & situated in South street, is conducted in connection with the Science & Art Department at Kensington; it was partly built in 1874 & completed in 1878, at a cost of about £900, & has 60 students; science classes in connection with this institution are held at the Grammar school.
National (boys & girls), close to the church, with residences adjoining for master & mistress; number on roll, 580; average attendance, 183 boys, 158 girls & 109 infants.
British, East street; 135 boys, average attendance, 120; 201 girls & infants; average attendance, 163.
Most Common Surnames in Farnham
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Farnham Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 194 | 1:57 | 0.94% | 1 |
| 2 | Fry | 147 | 1:76 | 14.16% | 174 |
| 3 | Parratt | 136 | 1:82 | 80.95% | 1,259 |
| 4 | Knight | 126 | 1:88 | 3.67% | 25 |
| 5 | Wilkinson | 121 | 1:92 | 9.98% | 140 |
| 6 | Baker | 114 | 1:97 | 2.19% | 9 |
| 7 | Green | 109 | 1:102 | 2.41% | 18 |
| 8 | Warner | 103 | 1:108 | 9.25% | 155 |
| 9 | Hack | 98 | 1:113 | 43.95% | 949 |
| 10 | Nash | 76 | 1:146 | 4.37% | 93 |
| 11 | Pharo | 67 | 1:166 | 61.47% | 1,904 |
| 12 | Cranham | 65 | 1:171 | 50.39% | 1,596 |
| 13 | Trusler | 63 | 1:176 | 45.32% | 1,505 |
| 14 | Cooper | 61 | 1:182 | 1.30% | 14 |
| 14 | Wells | 61 | 1:182 | 2.68% | 64 |
| 16 | White | 60 | 1:185 | 0.91% | 5 |
| 17 | Bryant | 59 | 1:188 | 4.64% | 130 |
| 18 | Chuter | 57 | 1:195 | 24.46% | 911 |
| 19 | Newman | 56 | 1:198 | 2.87% | 78 |
| 19 | Lawrence | 56 | 1:198 | 3.02% | 86 |
| 21 | Jones | 55 | 1:202 | 0.64% | 3 |
| 21 | Attfield | 55 | 1:202 | 27.50% | 1,056 |
| 23 | Cole | 53 | 1:210 | 2.42% | 66 |
| 24 | Turner | 52 | 1:214 | 1.16% | 19 |
| 25 | Edwards | 51 | 1:218 | 1.11% | 17 |
| 25 | Harrington | 51 | 1:218 | 9.27% | 374 |
| 25 | Lamport | 51 | 1:218 | 48.11% | 1,970 |
| 28 | Stone | 49 | 1:227 | 2.89% | 96 |
| 29 | Brown | 48 | 1:231 | 0.55% | 2 |
| 30 | Williams | 47 | 1:236 | 0.82% | 6 |
| 30 | Young | 47 | 1:236 | 1.46% | 33 |
| 32 | Marshall | 46 | 1:242 | 2.00% | 63 |
| 32 | Goddard | 46 | 1:242 | 4.32% | 167 |
| 32 | Stovold | 46 | 1:242 | 27.88% | 1,274 |
| 35 | Boxall | 45 | 1:247 | 5.57% | 236 |
| 36 | Burningham | 44 | 1:252 | 50.00% | 2,288 |
| 37 | Stacey | 43 | 1:258 | 6.00% | 273 |
| 37 | Downs | 43 | 1:258 | 12.76% | 628 |
| 37 | Poulter | 43 | 1:258 | 10.70% | 538 |
| 40 | Stevens | 41 | 1:271 | 1.25% | 31 |
| 41 | Carter | 40 | 1:278 | 1.23% | 32 |
| 41 | Ellis | 40 | 1:278 | 1.60% | 54 |
| 41 | Hunt | 40 | 1:278 | 1.49% | 46 |
| 41 | Parsons | 40 | 1:278 | 2.09% | 82 |
| 45 | Collins | 39 | 1:285 | 1.06% | 23 |
| 45 | May | 39 | 1:285 | 2.09% | 85 |
| 45 | Falkner | 39 | 1:285 | 27.66% | 1,483 |
| 45 | Beagley | 39 | 1:285 | 25.66% | 1,376 |
| 49 | Rogers | 37 | 1:300 | 1.54% | 58 |
| 49 | Elkins | 37 | 1:300 | 28.68% | 1,596 |
| 49 | Balchin | 37 | 1:300 | 12.59% | 718 |
| 49 | Novell | 37 | 1:300 | 32.17% | 1,800 |
| 53 | Chandler | 36 | 1:309 | 2.26% | 102 |
| 53 | Gardiner | 36 | 1:309 | 5.93% | 334 |
| 53 | Blackman | 36 | 1:309 | 6.10% | 347 |
| 53 | Larby | 36 | 1:309 | 37.11% | 2,110 |
| 57 | Grover | 35 | 1:317 | 8.24% | 500 |
| 57 | Winslade | 35 | 1:317 | 40.23% | 2,312 |
| 57 | Caesar | 35 | 1:317 | 42.17% | 2,418 |
| 57 | Spreadborough | 35 | 1:317 | 56.45% | 3,118 |
| 61 | Blake | 34 | 1:327 | 2.62% | 127 |
| 61 | Deadman | 34 | 1:327 | 12.27% | 775 |
| 63 | Clark | 33 | 1:337 | 0.61% | 7 |
| 63 | Wheeler | 33 | 1:337 | 1.79% | 87 |
| 65 | Hall | 32 | 1:347 | 0.78% | 20 |
| 66 | Harris | 31 | 1:358 | 0.66% | 14 |
| 66 | Clarke | 31 | 1:358 | 1.17% | 47 |
| 66 | Swan | 31 | 1:358 | 10.58% | 723 |
| 69 | Hughes | 30 | 1:370 | 1.67% | 89 |
| 69 | Cook | 30 | 1:370 | 0.89% | 27 |
| 69 | Golding | 30 | 1:370 | 6.47% | 454 |
| 69 | Newell | 30 | 1:370 | 8.38% | 596 |
| 69 | Slingo | 30 | 1:370 | 76.92% | 4,646 |
| 74 | Cox | 29 | 1:383 | 0.94% | 36 |
| 74 | Barnard | 29 | 1:383 | 3.91% | 263 |
| 74 | Bide | 29 | 1:383 | 50.00% | 3,300 |
| 77 | Powell | 28 | 1:397 | 1.37% | 74 |
| 77 | Saunders | 28 | 1:397 | 1.14% | 56 |
| 77 | Hart | 28 | 1:397 | 1.50% | 84 |
| 77 | Varney | 28 | 1:397 | 18.54% | 1,388 |
| 81 | Andrews | 27 | 1:411 | 1.32% | 73 |
| 81 | Spencer | 27 | 1:411 | 2.43% | 157 |
| 81 | Simmonds | 27 | 1:411 | 2.48% | 161 |
| 81 | Lunn | 27 | 1:411 | 8.46% | 663 |
| 81 | Hole | 27 | 1:411 | 15.88% | 1,244 |
| 81 | Gatcum | 27 | 1:411 | 93.10% | 5,954 |
| 87 | Wright | 26 | 1:427 | 0.55% | 13 |
| 87 | Barnett | 26 | 1:427 | 3.34% | 251 |
| 87 | Hawkes | 26 | 1:427 | 6.42% | 532 |
| 87 | Crosby | 26 | 1:427 | 18.71% | 1,505 |
| 87 | Kimber | 26 | 1:427 | 7.22% | 595 |
| 87 | Bartholomew | 26 | 1:427 | 10.44% | 860 |
| 87 | Eade | 26 | 1:427 | 16.35% | 1,325 |
| 87 | Loveland | 26 | 1:427 | 9.03% | 738 |
| 87 | Pullinger | 26 | 1:427 | 18.31% | 1,472 |
| 87 | Raggett | 26 | 1:427 | 22.81% | 1,814 |
| 87 | Tinsey | 26 | 1:427 | 72.22% | 4,955 |
| 98 | Robinson | 25 | 1:444 | 0.74% | 28 |
| 98 | Mason | 25 | 1:444 | 1.31% | 83 |
| 98 | Palmer | 25 | 1:444 | 1.07% | 60 |
| 98 | Aslett | 25 | 1:444 | 40.98% | 3,168 |
| 102 | Barnes | 24 | 1:463 | 1.03% | 62 |
| 102 | Little | 24 | 1:463 | 4.28% | 366 |
| 102 | Budd | 24 | 1:463 | 4.18% | 355 |
| 102 | Trimmer | 24 | 1:463 | 19.05% | 1,632 |
| 102 | Baigent | 24 | 1:463 | 12.57% | 1,104 |
| 102 | Kenton | 24 | 1:463 | 80.00% | 5,786 |
| 108 | Mitchell | 23 | 1:483 | 0.81% | 41 |
| 108 | Stewart | 23 | 1:483 | 2.93% | 247 |
| 108 | Rose | 23 | 1:483 | 1.44% | 101 |
| 108 | Norris | 23 | 1:483 | 2.22% | 175 |
| 108 | Coles | 23 | 1:483 | 3.80% | 336 |
| 108 | Nichols | 23 | 1:483 | 3.52% | 305 |
| 108 | Withall | 23 | 1:483 | 12.78% | 1,168 |
| 108 | Binfield | 23 | 1:483 | 30.26% | 2,618 |
| 116 | Adams | 22 | 1:505 | 0.85% | 52 |
| 116 | Heath | 22 | 1:505 | 2.02% | 160 |
| 116 | Hoare | 22 | 1:505 | 3.16% | 278 |
| 116 | Stock | 22 | 1:505 | 9.87% | 949 |
| 116 | Wooderson | 22 | 1:505 | 40.00% | 3,475 |
| 121 | King | 21 | 1:529 | 0.40% | 8 |
| 121 | Hewitt | 21 | 1:529 | 3.61% | 350 |
| 121 | Mathews | 21 | 1:529 | 3.03% | 279 |
| 121 | Small | 21 | 1:529 | 5.92% | 600 |
| 121 | Robins | 21 | 1:529 | 4.70% | 474 |
| 121 | Crow | 21 | 1:529 | 9.63% | 968 |
| 121 | Brooker | 21 | 1:529 | 2.96% | 275 |
| 121 | Foot | 21 | 1:529 | 7.66% | 782 |
| 121 | Rampton | 21 | 1:529 | 34.43% | 3,168 |
| 121 | Bentall | 21 | 1:529 | 44.68% | 3,948 |
| 121 | Othen | 21 | 1:529 | 58.33% | 4,955 |
| 132 | Jackson | 20 | 1:555 | 0.72% | 45 |
| 132 | Harrison | 20 | 1:555 | 0.99% | 76 |
| 132 | Harding | 20 | 1:555 | 1.04% | 81 |
| 132 | Burgess | 20 | 1:555 | 1.77% | 152 |
| 132 | Gardner | 20 | 1:555 | 1.90% | 171 |
| 132 | Patrick | 20 | 1:555 | 8.26% | 877 |
| 132 | Barnet | 20 | 1:555 | 26.32% | 2,618 |
| 132 | Mansey | 20 | 1:555 | 66.67% | 5,786 |
| 140 | Morris | 19 | 1:585 | 0.79% | 59 |
| 140 | Bailey | 19 | 1:585 | 0.77% | 57 |
| 140 | Hammond | 19 | 1:585 | 1.34% | 115 |
| 140 | Curtis | 19 | 1:585 | 1.66% | 151 |
| 140 | Jeffery | 19 | 1:585 | 3.93% | 434 |
| 145 | Walker | 18 | 1:617 | 0.57% | 34 |
| 145 | Miles | 18 | 1:617 | 1.29% | 117 |
| 145 | Lord | 18 | 1:617 | 7.93% | 929 |
| 145 | Wilkins | 18 | 1:617 | 1.76% | 177 |
| 145 | Legg | 18 | 1:617 | 4.31% | 512 |
| 145 | Farr | 18 | 1:617 | 5.31% | 624 |
| 145 | Luff | 18 | 1:617 | 4.24% | 500 |
| 145 | Benfield | 18 | 1:617 | 15.93% | 1,836 |
| 145 | Milsham | 18 | 1:617 | 100.00% | 8,554 |
| 154 | Johnson | 17 | 1:653 | 0.36% | 16 |
| 154 | Lowe | 17 | 1:653 | 3.17% | 388 |
| 154 | Pullen | 17 | 1:653 | 2.16% | 244 |
| 154 | Tuck | 17 | 1:653 | 7.69% | 956 |
| 154 | Stapley | 17 | 1:653 | 18.28% | 2,182 |
| 154 | Orford | 17 | 1:653 | 25.00% | 2,880 |
| 154 | Corps | 17 | 1:653 | 26.98% | 3,067 |
| 161 | Hawkins | 16 | 1:694 | 1.10% | 112 |
| 161 | Kinge | 16 | 1:694 | 61.54% | 6,449 |
| 161 | Whiten | 16 | 1:694 | 45.71% | 5,079 |
| 164 | Taylor | 15 | 1:741 | 0.19% | 4 |
| 164 | Lee | 15 | 1:741 | 0.54% | 43 |
| 164 | Grant | 15 | 1:741 | 1.43% | 172 |
| 164 | Bromley | 15 | 1:741 | 8.62% | 1,213 |
| 164 | Butt | 15 | 1:741 | 4.79% | 676 |
| 164 | Hewett | 15 | 1:741 | 3.21% | 450 |
| 164 | Riches | 15 | 1:741 | 4.81% | 680 |
| 164 | Bonner | 15 | 1:741 | 4.97% | 705 |
| 164 | Ireson | 15 | 1:741 | 31.25% | 3,866 |
| 164 | Punter | 15 | 1:741 | 11.45% | 1,579 |
| 164 | Chennell | 15 | 1:741 | 11.54% | 1,588 |
| 175 | Price | 14 | 1:794 | 0.77% | 88 |
| 175 | Chapman | 14 | 1:794 | 0.50% | 42 |
| 175 | Lloyd | 14 | 1:794 | 1.11% | 133 |
| 175 | Kent | 14 | 1:794 | 1.38% | 178 |
| 175 | Butcher | 14 | 1:794 | 1.25% | 154 |
| 175 | Garrett | 14 | 1:794 | 2.92% | 440 |
| 175 | Lovell | 14 | 1:794 | 3.38% | 517 |
| 175 | Searle | 14 | 1:794 | 1.78% | 244 |
| 175 | Gates | 14 | 1:794 | 2.49% | 363 |
| 175 | Mansell | 14 | 1:794 | 3.14% | 475 |
| 175 | Bridger | 14 | 1:794 | 2.92% | 439 |
| 175 | Foote | 14 | 1:794 | 28.00% | 3,744 |
| 175 | Freeland | 14 | 1:794 | 7.82% | 1,176 |
| 175 | Smither | 14 | 1:794 | 16.47% | 2,369 |
| 175 | Vanner | 14 | 1:794 | 38.89% | 4,955 |
| 175 | Karn | 14 | 1:794 | 17.95% | 2,557 |
| 175 | Sarby | 14 | 1:794 | 100.00% | 10,238 |
| 192 | Hill | 13 | 1:855 | 0.34% | 21 |
| 192 | Ford | 13 | 1:855 | 0.77% | 94 |
| 192 | Porter | 13 | 1:855 | 1.28% | 180 |
| 192 | Woods | 13 | 1:855 | 0.96% | 121 |
| 192 | Atkins | 13 | 1:855 | 1.42% | 205 |
| 192 | Peacock | 13 | 1:855 | 2.39% | 379 |
| 192 | Collier | 13 | 1:855 | 2.37% | 376 |
| 192 | Salter | 13 | 1:855 | 2.51% | 402 |
| 192 | Jarratt | 13 | 1:855 | 18.06% | 2,739 |
| 192 | Weeden | 13 | 1:855 | 17.33% | 2,654 |
| 192 | Trimmings | 13 | 1:855 | 52.00% | 6,646 |
| 192 | Beldham | 13 | 1:855 | 39.39% | 5,345 |
| 192 | Quennell | 13 | 1:855 | 32.50% | 4,555 |