Farncombe
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Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands. The village of Compton lies Template:Convert to the northwest and Bramley Template:Convert to the east; whilst Charterhouse School is to the west. Loseley Park, in the hamlet of Littleton, lies Template:Convert to the north of the village.
History
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The earliest evidence of human activity is an early Anglo-Saxon spearhead, found in 1985.<ref name=spearhead/> Farncombe appears in the Domesday Book as Fearnecombe, thought to mean "valley of the ferns".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1086, it was held by the Bishop of Bayeux. Its Domesday assets were: 2 ploughs, Template:Convert of meadow, woodland worth 3 hogs. It rendered £1 4s 0d.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Among the oldest buildings in the village is a row of almshouses, built in 1622 for Richard Wyatt, the Master Carpenter of the Carpenters' Company in London.<ref name=NHLE_Wyatt>Template:NHLE</ref> Farncombe Infants' School, on Grays Road, near the railway station was built by subscription in 1905 and was originally a boys' school. It was a mixed infants' school from 1935, and became a junior school in 1975 with an annexe for the infants school.<ref>Godalming Museum via Terence Coates</ref>
Governance
Farncombe is part of one of the five wards that make up the town of Godalming.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Farncombe is within the census area Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall (Ward), which had a population of 4,600 in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Transport Links
Farncombe is served by the Portsmouth-London railway, through Farncombe railway station,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Hoppa community bus project. It is near the A3, which links the village with London and Portsmouth, and the M25. It lies on the River Wey and canal boats can be hired there taking travellers up to Guildford and beyond.
Sports
Godalming and Farncombe Leisure Centre, home to Godalming Swimming Club, is in Farncombe. Farncombe Youth Football Club (FYFC) caters for boys and girls from ages 6/7 to 16/17. Farncombe Cricket Club and Godalming Tennis Club are both on Summers Road.
Schools
Farncombe is home to several schools, including:
- Broadwater School, a secondary school for children aged 11–16, on Summers Road.<ref>Broadwater School</ref>
- Farncombe Church of England Infants School, which teaches children age 4–7, on Grays Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Ladybird Nursery, which caters for children from 3 months to 5 years, on Fern Road.<ref>The Ladybird Nursery Template:Webarchive</ref>
Pubs, Shops and Businesses
Farncombe is served by a number of traditional English pubs including: The White Hart,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Mead Row,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Ragged Robin, The Three Lions, The Charterhouse, and The Cricketers<ref>The Cricketers Template:Webarchive</ref> which has associations with Julius Caesar who played cricket in the area. It is also home to shops and businesses including a Co-op supermarket<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and two Indian restaurants: Farncombe Tandoori<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and The Rajasthan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Nellie Boxall (1890–1965) was born here and educated to be a domestic servant. She found notability working for Virginia Woolf.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
- John George "Jack" Phillips (1887–1912) was born in Farncombe. He died while serving as senior wireless operator on board the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. He continued working as the ship sank, trying to contact other ships that might be able come to the assistance of the Titanic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Jack Phillips pub in Godalming High Street is named after him.
- Alan P. F. Sell (1935–2016), academic and theologian, was born in Farncombe.