Farncombe
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.jpg) Farncombe Boat House, 2013 |
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 Farncombe
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| Farncombe shown within Surrey | |
| OS grid reference | SU976449 |
| • London | 30 miles (48 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GODALMING |
| Postcode district | GU7 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands. The village of Compton lies 1.8 miles (3 km) to the northwest and Bramley 2 miles (3 km) to the east; whilst Charterhouse School is to the west. Loseley Park, in the hamlet of Littleton, lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village.
Farncombe is an ancient site of settlement;archaeological finds from the Bronze age have been found in Northbourne Estate. In more modern history Farncombe has appeared in Domesday Book of 1086 as Fernecome. It was held by the Bishop of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 2 ploughs, 15 acres (61,000 m2) of meadow, woodland worth 3 hogs. It rendered £1 4s 0d.
Few older buildings survive as evidence of its long history; among the oldest is a row of almshouses, built in 1622.
One of the older buildings in Farncombe is Farncombe Infants School on Grays Road near Farncombe railway station. It was built by subscription in 1905 and was originally a boys school. The school became an annexe for the infant school in 1975.
In 2013, the village's borough, Waverley, was judged to have the highest quality of life in Great Britain.
Farncombe is part of one of the five wards that make up the town of Godalming. Farncombe is within the census area Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall (Ward) which had a population of 4600 in 2011.
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