Farmborough
| Farmborough | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°20’35"N, 2°29’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,035 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Bath |
| Postcode: | BA2 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bath & NE Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Somerset |
Farmborough is a small village and parish in Somerset, six miles south-west of Bath in the hundred of Keynsham.[2] The parish has a population of 1,035.[1]
History
The Farmborough Hoard of Iron Age coins was found in the village in 1984 and is now in the British Museum.[3]
The village has historically been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.
Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School was built in 1857, and now has 90[4] pupils between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school intake figures have shown a gradual decline in attendance in recent years. In 2007 the local community pre-school playgroup moved into an unused classroom at the school site[5] and a breakfast club was established to assist working parents to leave their children in a safe environment prior to school opening hours.[6] Author Dick King-Smith once taught at the school.[7]
Church
The Church of All Saints dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building.[8]
In the 13th century John Stafford who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury was the rector of Farmborough.[9]
Notable residents
- Actor Anthony Head
- Author Dick King-Smith (Foxbusters, The Sheep Pig)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Farmborough Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11123347&c=Farmborough&d=16&e=61&g=6387748&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1388523188105&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ "Farmborough". British Museum Collection. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?place=77198&plaA=77198-3-1. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School". Ofsted. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/109191. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
- ↑ "Farmborough playgroup". Find my school 2008. http://www.findmyschool.co.uk/schooldetails.aspx?id=71308. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ↑ "Welcome to Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School". Farmborough primary school. http://www.farmboroughprimary.ik.org/p_Home.ikml. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ↑ King-Smith, Dick. Chewing the Cud. London: Penguin Books, 2001. p. 174-175.
- ↑ "Church of All Saints". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32785. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ↑ Dunning, Robert (2005). A Somerset Miscellany. Tiverton: Somerset Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-86183-427-5.
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