Farnham | |
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St. Mary's Church, Farnham |
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Farnham shown within Suffolk | |
Population | 118 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TM3660 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Saxmundham |
Postcode district | IP17 |
EU Parliament | East of England |
Farnham is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Saxmundham in the English county of Suffolk on the A12 road. Its history goes back to at least 1707, Farnham is located West of Friday Street, South of Benhall Street and North East of Straford St Andrew.
According to the 2011 Census there were 57 males and 61 females living in the parish.
Farnham was described, in 1870-72, by John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England And Wales as:
FARNHAM, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; near the river Alde and the East Suffolk railway. It has a post office under Wickham Market. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. The church is Norman, with a flint tower, and very good.
St. Mary's Church is located just South of the village of Farnham and has a long history dating back to the Norman times.