2704 x 4064 px | 22,9 x 34,4 cm | 9 x 13,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
3. April 2011
Ort:
St Giles Church, Church Rd, Farnborough BR6 7DB
Weitere Informationen:
There has been a church in Farnborough for many centuries. It is believed that one has stood on the high piece of land to the south of the village for about 1500 years. The view from this point takes in the farm land and natural woodland right down the valley and to the top of the next hill. However Farnborough only became a full parish in 1876, with George William Hingston as its first Rector. Before that Farnborough was part of the larger and more populous parish of Chelsfield, sometimes having its own Rector. but more usually a Curate. For full details see Chelsfield with Farnborough. This explains why the church at Farnborough is comparatively small, even though the population of Farnborough has grown significantly since the second world war. Today the Farnborough and Chelsfield wards both have populations of around 14, 500 (2011 census) This is an early Ordnance Survey map dated to 1880. It shows many changes from a modern map. The church is there of course, but the main churchyard is not, as the land it now occupies was purchased from the Lubbock family at around the time the map would have been surveyed. From 1876 many changes were to take place. This is a painted early photograph of the church looking from the south, it can be dated fairly accurately to around 1895. By then the 'new' graveyard has started to be used. The grave shown in the left foreground is that of Walter Gladwin who died in 1892, aged 60. His wife Caroline was also buried in this grave after her death three years later, aged 64.
