Farnborough

Farnborough is, ecclesiastically, in the diocese of Canterbury [from 1860 to 1905 when it was returned to the diocese of Rochester], in the archdeaconry of Maidstone and in the deanery of Dartford.  The church is named for St. Giles with registers commencing 1558.  Farnborough is in the poor law union of Bromley

Farnborough is a village and a parish in Bromley district, Kent.  The village stands near the direct railway to Tunbridge, 4-1/4 miles southeast-by-south of Bromley;  has a post office under Bromley, a railway station, a police station, a national school, a large brewery, and a fair on 12 September;  was once a market town;  and gave the title of baron to the Longs.  The parish comprises 1,412 acres.  Real property in 1860, £3,055.  Population in 1861, 955.  Houses, 155.  The property is subdivided.

The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Chelsfield, in the diocese of Canterbury.  The church was built in the 17th century, and is good.

The Bromley workhouse is here.¹

More information about the parish may be found on the Parish web site.  You can also find Farnborough Village on Facebook.

¹ John Marius Wilson, comp.  The Imperial Gazatteer of England and Wales. (London, England: A. Fullerton & Co., 1870).

Farnborough Bibliography

-- various. 'Archaeologia Cantiana'. Publisher: Kent, England: Kent Archaeological Society, various dates.  [Note:  The following volumes can be found on archive.org:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1876), 11, 12, 13 (1880), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, vol. 1907 supplement.]

• General references to Farnborough: vol. 1, pp. 254-6, 277, 278, 288;  vol. 10, p. 157;  vol. 18, p. 31; vol. 20, pp. 17, 20, 44, 164;  vol. 22, p. 295;  vol. 23, p. 73;  vol. 38, p. 56;  vol. 123.
• Barton family vol. 89, p. 7
• Baston Manor vol. 123, p. 262
• Church vol. 62, pp. 72, 74, 85;  vol. 119, pp. 292, 294
• Church repaired vol. 75, p. 123;  vol. 80, p. 232
• coaching services C19 vol. 98, pp. 198-9, 202
• Court Roll (1408) vol. 57, pp. 21-25
• Court Roll (1617-1758) vol. 59, p. 13f
• Court Roll (1823) vol. 59, p. 16;
• Fair vol. 59, p. 8
• fines of lands vol. 11, pp. 326, 238, 333, 344;  vol. 12, pp. 303, 13, 292, 299, 306;  vol. 14, p. 279
• Hall, vol. 59, p. 10
• History of M., vol. 59, p. 7f.;
• Inventory of church goods vol. 8, p. 154;
• Land held by John of Gaunt vol. 100, p. 219
• Market vol. 117, pp. 91, 96, 101
• Mill Hill vol. 123, pp. 264, 266
• Place-name, Anglo-Saxon vol. 115, p. 145
• Roman coin vol. 87, p. 237
• Romano-British farmstead site vol. 85, p. 193
• Scott's Mill vol. 57, p. 24

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office--Edward II, Vol. 1. 1307-1313'.  Each volume has own index. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Great Britain, Public Record Office. 'Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids : with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, A. D. 1284-1431', Vol. 3. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Great Britain, Exchequer. 'The book of fees commonly called testa de nevill, pt. 3'. The Book of fees contains information about the holdings of feudal tenants. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Hall, Hubert, 1857-1944. 'The Red book of the Exchequer - Liber rubeus de Scaccario, Vol. 3'. The Red book of the Exchequer was a register intended to preserve important documents comprising charters, statutes of the realm, public acts (Placita), private deeds and ordinances, correspondence. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Glencross, Reginald Morshead. 'Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Vol. 1. 1559-1571'. Publisher: Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a Historical Books on FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org.

Hasted, Edward. 'The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; Containing the antient and present state of it, civil and ecclesiastical; collected from public records, and other authorities: illustrated with maps, views, antiquities, etc. The second edition, improved, corrected, and continued to the present time'. 12 volumes. Publisher: Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797-1801. URL: British History Online

Hussey, Arthur. 'Notes on the churches in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, mentioned in Domesday book, and those of more recent date'. Publisher: London J.R. Smith,(1852).

Letters, Dr. Samantha. 'Kent', Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 (2005).  URL: British History Online.

Page, William, 1861-1934, ed.. 'The Victoria history of the county of Kent'. Publisher: London: Constable (1908).  URL: British History Online

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Edward I. Published:(1906).  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Edward II. Published:(1910).  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Edward III. Published:(1938).  URL: British History Online.

Sharp, J. E. E. S., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Henry III. Published:(1904).  URL: British History Online.

Kirby, J. L., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Henry IV. Published:(1992).  URL: British History Online.

Kirby, J. L., ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Henry V. Published:(1995).  URL: British History Online.

Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and A. C. Wood, ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Henry VII. Published:(1955).  URL: British History Online.

M. C. B. Dawes, H. C. Johnson, M. M. Condon, C. A. Cook and H. E. Jones, ed.. 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, various volumes: Richard II. Published:(1988).  URL: British History Online.

Location of Records

The following list of records is not intended to be exhaustive.  There are many records that are awaiting discovery in archive offices throughout Kent and England.  This list is intended only to set out those records that are available via at least two relatively easy-to-access avenues.  If you have used or discover a record that would be of benefit to other researchers, that is not on this list, please send me an email with the details of the archive - name, address and archival call number.

Catalogue of documents at Bromley Archives

Census | Church of England | Non-Conformist | Parish chest | Workhouse and Poor Law | Land | Assizes and Sessions | School

Census

Church Records, Church of England

Church Records, Non-Conformist

Parish chest records

Workhouse and Poor Law Records

Land Records

Assizes and Sessions Records
(poor laws, jail terms, oaths, and other municipal and public records)

School Records