Farmborough

Not to be confused with Farnborough.

Farmborough
Gray stone building with square tower at left hand end. Grass and gravestones in the foreground.
All Saints Church
Farmborough is located in Somerset
Farmborough
Farmborough
Location within Somerset
Map
Interactive map showing parish boundary
Population1,312 (2021 census)
OS grid referenceST663605
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBath
Postcode districtBA2
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°20′35″N 2°29′04″W / 51.3430°N 2.4844°W / 51.3430; -2.4844

Farmborough is a village and civil parish, 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Bath in Somerset, England. It straddles both the A39 and A368 roads. The parish has a population of 1,312.

History

Coins from the Farmborough Hoard, 1st century AD

The Farmborough Hoard of Iron Age coins was found in the village in 1984 and is now in the British Museum.[1]

The parish of Farmborough was part of the Keynsham Hundred,[2] The village has historically been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.

Governance

At the lower level of local government, Farmborough is a civil parish with a parish council of 9 elected members.[3]

At the upper level, Farmborough is in Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority. For elections to the council, since 2019 it has been in Clutton & Farmborough electoral ward, which elects one member to the council. From 1999 to 2019, Farmborough was the name of one of the Bath and North East Somerset electoral wards; in addition to Farmborough parish, it covered a wider area north almost to Keynsham, with a population at the 2011 census of 2,505.[4]

Historically, Farmborough was part of Clutton Rural District between 1894 and 1974,[5] and the Wansdyke district of the county of Avon between 1974 and 1996.[6]

Farmborough is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of North East Somerset and Hanham.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Farmborough had a population of 1,312 in 567 households.

Census population of Farmborough parish
Census Population Female Male Households Source
2001 1,103 549 554 448 [7]
2011 1,035 514 521 454 [8]
2021 1,312 666 646 567 [9]

Church

The Church of All Saints dates from the 15th century and is a grade II* listed building.[10]

In the 13th century John Stafford who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury was the rector of Farmborough.[11]

Education

Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School was built in 1857. In a 2024 Ofsted it was graded as 'good' with 'outstanding' for personal development. In 2007 the local community pre-school playgroup moved into an unused classroom at the school site[12] and a breakfast club was established to assist working parents to leave their children in a safe environment prior to school opening hours.[13] Author Dick King-Smith once taught at the school.[14]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Farmborough". British Museum Collection. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Staff". Farmborough Parish Council. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Clutton RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District".
  6. ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. ONSID 00HA019 (Farmborough parish) in Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Parish E04000968 : Farmborough in Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Parish Profiles". 2021 United Kingdom census. Office for National Statistics. GSS E04000968 (Farmborough parish) in tables PP001 (Number of Households) and PP002 (Sex). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1136439)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. ^ Dunning, Robert (2005). A Somerset Miscellany. Tiverton: Somerset Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-86183-427-5.
  12. ^ "Farmborough playgroup". Find my school 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Welcome to Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School". Farmborough primary school. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  14. ^ King-Smith, Dick. Chewing the Cud. London: Penguin Books, 2001. p. 174-175.
  15. ^ Tucker, Nicholas (30 November 1995). "Obituary: Charles Warrell". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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