richardc / Mapillary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Farncombe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Farncombe, Surrey, Fernecome
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 to the northwest and Bramley to the east; whilst Charterhouse School is to the west. Loseley Park, in the hamlet of Littleton, lies to the north of the village.
Weather now
cached 463h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Waverley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Farncombe Boat House, 2013 (3).jpg
- Dialing code
- 01483
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Farncombe
- OS grid reference
- SU976449
- P8168
- Apollo 9
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Transport Links
- Sports
- Schools
- Pubs, Shops and Businesses
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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 to the northwest and Bramley to the east; whilst Charterhouse School is to the west. Loseley Park, in the hamlet of Littleton, lies to the north of the village.
==History== thumb|right|Early Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon [[spearhead from Farncombe]] The earliest evidence of human activity is an early Anglo-Saxon spearhead, found in 1985. Farncombe appears in the Domesday Book as Fearnecombe, thought to mean "valley of the ferns". In 1086, it was held by the Bishop of Bayeux. Its Domesday assets were: 2 ploughs, of meadow, woodland worth 3 hogs. It rendered £1 4s 0d.
On the map
3 mapped locations