Farncombe
Farncombe Boat House, 2013
Farncombe Location withinSurrey
OS grid reference	SU976449
• London	30 miles (48 km)
Civil parish	Godalming
District	Waverley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GODALMING
Postcode district	GU7
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Godalming and Ash[1]
List of places UK England Surrey 51°11′46″N0°36′18″W / 51.196°N 0.605°W /51.196; -0.605

Farncombe, historicallyFernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement ofGodalming inWaverley, Surrey, England and is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the Godalming centre, separated bycommon land known as theLammas Lands. The village ofCompton lies 1.8 miles (3 km) to the northwest andBramley 2 miles (3 km) to the east; whilstCharterhouse School is to the west.Loseley Park, in thehamlet ofLittleton, lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village.

The earliest evidence of human activity is an earlyAnglo-Saxonspearhead, found in 1985.^[2] Farncombe appears in theDomesday Book asFearnecombe, thought to mean "valley of theferns".^[3] In 1086, it was held by theBishop of Bayeux. Its Domesday assets were: 2ploughs, 15 acres (61,000 m²) ofmeadow,woodland worth 3hogs. It rendered £1 4s 0d.^[4]

Among the oldest buildings in the village is a row ofalmshouses, built in 1622 for Richard Wyatt, the Master Carpenter of theCarpenters' Company in London.^[5] Farncombe Infants' School, on Grays Road, near the railway station was built by subscription in 1905 and was originally a boys' school. It was a mixed infants' school from 1935, and became a junior school in 1975 with an annexe for the infants school.^[6]

Farncombe is part of one of the five wards that make up the town of Godalming.^[7] Farncombe is within the census areaGodalming Farncombe and Catteshall (Ward) which had a population of 4,600 in 2011.^[8]

Farncombe is served by thePortsmouth-London railway, throughFarncombe railway station, and theHoppa community bus project. It is near theA3, which links the village with London andPortsmouth, and theM25. It lies on theRiver Wey and canal boats can be hired there taking travellers up toGuildford and beyond.

Godalming and Farncombe Leisure Centre, home to Godalming Swimming Club, is in Farncombe. Farncombe Youth Football Club (FYFC) caters for boys and girls from ages 6/7 to 16/17. Farncombe Cricket Club and Godalming Tennis Club are both on Summers Road.

Farncombe is home to several schools, including:

• Broadwater secondary school is on Summers Road.^[9]
• Farncombe Infants is aChurch of England school.^[10]
• The Ladybird Nursery is on Fern Road. It caters for children from 3 months to 5 years.^[11]

Farncombe is served by a number of traditional English pubs including: The White Hart,^[12] The Leathern Bottle, The Manor, The Three Lions, The Charterhouse and The Cricketers^[13] which has associations withJulius Caesar who played cricket in the area. It is also home to shops and businesses.

• Nellie Boxall (1890–1965) was born here and educated to be a domestic servant. She found notability working forVirginia Woolf.^[14]
• John George "Jack" Phillips (1887–1912) was born in Farncombe. He died while serving as seniorwireless operator on board the maiden voyage of theRMSTitanic. He continued working as the ship sank, trying to contact other ships that might be able come to the assistance of theTitanic.^[15]The Jack Phillips pub in Godalming High Street is named after him.
• Alan P. F. Sell (1935–2016), academic and theologian, was born in Farncombe.

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