Farmborough
| Farmborough | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
  Farmborough Location within Somerset | |
Interactive map showing parish boundary | |
| Population | 1,312 (2021 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST663605 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bath |
| Postcode district | BA2 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament |
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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
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 | 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
- Anthony Head, actor
- Author Dick King-Smith
- Charles Warrell, creator of the I-Spy children's books; born in Farmborough in 1889[15]
References
- ^ "Farmborough". British Museum Collection. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Staff". Farmborough Parish Council. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Clutton RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District".
- ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Parish E04000968 : Farmborough in Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1136439)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Dunning, Robert (2005). A Somerset Miscellany. Tiverton: Somerset Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-86183-427-5.
- ^ "Farmborough playgroup". Find my school 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School". Farmborough primary school. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ King-Smith, Dick. Chewing the Cud. London: Penguin Books, 2001. p. 174-175.
- ^ Tucker, Nicholas (30 November 1995). "Obituary: Charles Warrell". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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