Farnham Hundred
Hundred in the County of Surrey
Historical Forms
- Farnham 1187 P
- Farenham 1195 P
- Farnham 1284 Ch
- Farham 1307 Ass
- Farneham Blackheth 1540 Ct
Etymology
v. Farnham infra 169. The meeting-place was at the present Lawday House which lies just below Bricksbury and Hungry Hills, furze-covered land, obviously identical with the earlier Blackheath (cf. Blackheath Hundred infra 219). Near by is Heath End, and Heath Lane runs up to it. The actual heathfield is mentioned in the bounds of the Farnham charter (BCS 627), where we have the phrase utt on þone hæðfelð (v. infra 166, 172), as also in the Crondall charter (BCS 1307).