Farncombe

Farncombe, historically Fernecome, is a village and peripheral settlement of in Waverley, Surrey, and is approximately 0.8 miles north-east of the Godalming centre, separated by common land known as the Lammas Lands.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: village and peripheral settlement of Godalming in Waverley, Surrey, England
  • Also known as: Farncombe, Surrey” and “Fernecome

Places of Interest

Highlights include Farncombe railway station and St John the Evangelist Church.

Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
opened in 1897 as a minor stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line between Guildford and , England. It is said to have been built at the instigation of General Sir Frederick Marshall, a director of the London and South Western Railway Company, who lived nearby at Broadwater.

Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
is a Unitarian chapel in the Farncombe area of , , England. It is part of the London District and South Eastern Provincial Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, one of 16 districts within the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Compton and Shalford.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of , England. It is about 3 miles WSW of the centre of . It has a medieval church and a close connection with fine art and pottery: it was the later life home of artist George Frederic Watts. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Farncombe.

Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in , England on the A281 road immediately south of Guildford. It has a which is between Guildford and on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line. is situated 2 miles northeast of Farncombe.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of Witley and south west of in , England. It was a small village in the early medieval period — it grew significantly after the building of the Portsmouth Direct Line which serves and its own . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Farncombe.

Farncombe

Latitude
51.19569° or 51° 11′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.60565° or 0° 36′ 20″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
9C3X59WV+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 28120564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
10109902
Wiki­data ID
Q655745
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Farncombe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Farncombe
  • Bulgarian: Фарнкомб
  • Chinese: 法恩康
  • Chinese: 法恩科姆
  • Dutch: Farncombe
  • French: Farncombe
  • Irish: Farncombe
  • Japanese: ファームコンベ
  • Kazakh: Фарнкомб
  • Persian: فارنکومب
  • Polish: Farncombe
  • Spanish: Farncombe
  • Swedish: Farncombe

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