Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Farnborough

Farnborough, par. and vil. with ry. sta., on E. border of N. Hants, 33 miles SW. of London, 2331 ac., pop. 6266 (2840 military); P.O., T.O., also P.O., T.O., at Farnborough Road, and P.O., T.O., at Farnborough Street, 1 mile from Farnborough; contains the North Camp of Aldershot; 1 mile S. of vil. is the seat of Farnborough Park.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Farnborough CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Farnborough

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