Farnborough
Major Settlement in the Parish of Farnborough
Historical Forms
- Feornebeorh c.1015 KCD1312 c.1200
- Ferneberg(e) 1086 DB 1211 RBE 1245 Pap
- Farnburgh 1221 Ass 1535 VE
- Farmborrow 1675 Ogilby
- Farenburgh 1422 Pat
- Farmborough 1632 Sess
- Farmbrow 1724 FF
Etymology
'Fern or bracken hill,' v. fearn , beorg . “And, probably, had at first that name from the naturall disposition of the soil to bear Ferne , the later syllable Berge signifying in our old English a little Hill, as we see the ground, whereon the town Stands, is” (Dugdale 411). Cf. Farnborough (Ha, K) and le Farnput (1246 FF) in this parish.