In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Farnborough like this:
FARNBOROUGH, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; 4¼ miles W by N of East Ilsley, and 6½ SSE of Wantage-Road r. station. Post town, West Ilsley, under Newbury. Acres, 1,844. Real property, £3, 030. Pop., 232. Houses, 48. The property is not much divided. A Roman road, called Old-street, traverses the E district. The parish is a meet for the Bramshill hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £291.* Patron, RalphPrice, Esq. The church is Norman; has a good doorway, a fine font, and monuments of the Prices; and is good.
Farnborough through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Farnborough in West Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5991
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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