Farnham, North Yorkshire

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.039370|-1.465040|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Farnham

| static_image = Farnham, North Yorkshire.jpg

| static_image_caption = Farnham from the village green

| population = 189

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007338|title=Farnham Parish|accessdate=4 October 2021}}

| civil_parish = Farnham

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Harrogate and Knaresborough

| post_town = KNARESBOROUGH

| postcode_district = HG5

| postcode_area = HG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE351605

}}

Farnham is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated {{convert|2|mi}} north of Knaresborough.{{cite web |title=St Oswald, Farnham, Yorkshire, West Riding |url=https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=5959 |website=crsbi.ac.uk |access-date=30 September 2023}}

History

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having one household and 26 ploughlands. The name derives from the Old English of Feran-hām, meaning the homestead where the ferns grew.{{cite web |title=Farnham {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3460/farnham/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=30 September 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page= 175|edition=4}} St Oswald's Church, Farnham, the Anglican church, dates back to the 12th century and is grade I listed.{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Oswald |num=1150301 |grade=I|access-date=30 September 2023 }}

Farnham Gravel Pits were worked between 1941 and 1985. The pits later filled with water and cover an area of {{convert|200|acre}}.{{cite web |title=Farnham Gravel Pit |url=https://www.hdns.org.uk/farnham-gravel-pit/ |website=hdns.org.uk |access-date=30 September 2023}} The pits hosted Britain's first Pacific diver in January and February 2007.Taylor, Garry, Martin Garner and John McLoughlin (2007) "The Pacific Diver in North Yorkshire - a new Western Palearctic bird", Birding World 20(1):20-5

The Knaresborough Hoard of Roman vessels found in 1864 was probably discovered near Farnham.{{cite journal|last=Gerrard|first=James|date=August 2020|title=The Knaresborough Hoard|journal=Roman Yorkshire: The Newsletter of the Roman Antiquities Section. Yorkshire Archaeological Society|pages=8–9}}

Farnham is the location of a large factory, Treves UK which makes automotive components.{{cite news |title=HQ opened in expansion drive |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7961745.hq-opened-in-expansion-drive/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=York Press |date=12 October 1999}} Farnham is served by five buses each way per day between Knaresborough and York.{{cite web |title=22 - York - Knaresborough |url=https://bustimes.org/services/22-york-boroughbridge-skelton-on-ure-ripon-knaresb |website=bustimes.org |access-date=30 September 2023}}

Governance

Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Claro, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web |title=Genuki: Farnham, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Farnham |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=30 September 2023}} It was moved into North Yorkshire in 1974 and was part of the Harrogate District until 2023, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.{{cite web |title=Farnham Harrogate |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/farnham-harrogate |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=30 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Thomas |title=North Yorkshire Council set to buy 11 homes for Afghan refugees in Harrogate area |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/north-yorkshire-council-set-to-buy-11-homes-for-afghan-refugees-in-harrogate-area-4214775 |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=11 July 2023}}

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|+Population of Farnham 1801–2015{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=William |title=The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 |date=1907 |publisher=Constable & Co |location=London |page=528|oclc=500092527}}{{cite web |title=Administrative unit Farnham AP/CP |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10421081/cube/TOT_POP |website=visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=30 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates: Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |date=December 2016 |page=13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2022 |access-date=30 September 2023}}

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External links

Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire