Farnborough
Major Settlement in the Parish of Farnborough
Historical Forms
- Fernbeorngen 916 BCS632 c.1240
- Fearnbeorgan c.935 c.1240 ib
- æt Feornbergan 1042 KCD762 c.1240
- æt Fernbeorgan 1042 c.1200 ib
- Fermeberge 1086 DB
- Ferneberga 1167 P
- Ferneburghe 1517 DInc
- Ferenberga 1189 P
- Ferenburgh' 1220 Fees
- Farnberg' 1229–30,1245–6 FF
- Farenberge (p), Farnbergh' 1284 Ass
- Farnberewe 1327 SR
- Farneburghe 1428 FA
- Fernbergh' 1241 Ass
Etymology
'(At the) fern-covered hills', v. fearn , beorg , and cf. DEPN for variants of this name in other counties; Farmborough Do, like Farnborough Berks, appears to be pi. Farnborough village stands at the centre of a ridge which has a number of spurs jutting out from it; these may have been known collectively as 'the fern hills', or the name may refer to tumuli, cf. Broken Berry in f.ns.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bradnam's Corner
- California Barn
- Coombe Down, Coombe Plantation
- Copperage Rd
- Doctor's Copse
- Farnborough Copse
- Farnborough Down, Farnborough Furze Down
- Fox Covert
- Furze Lane and Furze Plot
- Greyfield Row
- High Robins
- Knapp's Copse
- Land's End
- Liddiard's Green
- Lower Barn
- Lower Fm
- Moonlight Barn
- Nine Acre Wd
- Old Border
- Old Street
- Poor's Wd, Poor's Furze Ground
- Tinker's Corner
- Tyler's Pond
- Upper Fm
- Upper Grove
- Whiteshute Row