Farnham, North Yorkshire

Farnham is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Knaresborough.[2]

Farnham
Farnham from the village green
Farnham is located in North Yorkshire
Farnham
Farnham
Location within North Yorkshire
Population189 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE351605
Civil parish
  • Farnham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKNARESBOROUGH
Postcode districtHG5
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

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.[3][4] The Anglican church in the village dates back to the 12th century and is grade I listed.[5]

Farnham Gravel Pits were worked between 1941 and 1985. The pits later filled with water and cover an area of 200 acres (81 ha).[6] The pits hosted Britain's first Pacific diver in January and February 2007.[7]

The Knaresborough hoard of Roman vessels found in 1864 was probably discovered near Farnham.[8]

Farnham is the location of a large factory, Treves UK which makes automotive components.[9] Farnham is served by five buses each way per day between Knaresborough and York.[10]

Governance

Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Claro, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[11] It was moved into North Yorkshire in 1974 and was part of the Harrogate District until 2023.[12][13]

Population of Farnham 1801–2015[14][15][16][1]
1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2011 2015
139 142 141 169 170 139 165 146 155 118 129 139 138 106 107 106 189 180[note 1]

See also

Notes
  1. Estimated population.[16]

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Farnham Parish (E04007338)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. "St Oswald, Farnham, Yorkshire, West Riding". crsbi.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Farnham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. Historic England. "Church of St Oswald= (Grade I) (1150301)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  6. "Farnham Gravel Pit". hdns.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. 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
  8. Gerrard, James (August 2020). "The Knaresborough Hoard". Roman Yorkshire: The Newsletter of the Roman Antiquities Section. Yorkshire Archaeological Society: 8–9.
  9. "HQ opened in expansion drive". York Press. 12 October 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. "22 - York - Knaresborough". bustimes.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  11. "Genuki: Farnham, Yorkshire (West Riding)". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  12. "Farnham Harrogate". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  13. Barrett, Thomas (11 July 2023). "North Yorkshire Council set to buy 11 homes for Afghan refugees in Harrogate area". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  14. Page, William, ed. (1907). The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3. London: Constable & Co. p. 528. OCLC 500092527.
  15. "Administrative unit Farnham AP/CP". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  16. "2015 Population Estimates: Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. December 2016. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

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