Farnham Royal

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.538607
longitude= -0.616357
official_name= Farnham Royal
population= 5,427 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792137&c=Farnham+Royal&d=16&e=15&g=424909&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216326017472&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
civil_parish= Farnham Royal
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Beaconsfield
post_town= Stoke Poges/Fulmer
postcode_district = SL2
postcode_area= SL
dial_code= 01753
os_grid_reference= SU959831
shire_district= South Bucks
ambulance_service = ?

Farnham Royal is a village and civil parish within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is just to the north of Slough.

The village name 'Farnham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead where ferns grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as "Ferneham". The affix 'Royal' was given to the village in the late 11th century by the king, who gave the lord of the manor of Farnham Bertram de Verdun the Grand Serjeanty, on the condition of providing a glove and putting it on the king's right hand at the coronation, and supporting his right arm, while the Royal sceptre was in his hand.

At the centre of the village, where there are now two mini-roundabouts, stood the old water pump. This was removed when the mini-roundabouts were created sometime in the 1970s, but recently came back to Farnham Royal and has been placed on the green nearby, next to the Duke's Head pub.

Within the parish boundary is the village of Farnham Common.

Demography

As of the 2001 UK census, the Farnham Royal electoral ward, which includes the village of Farnham Common, had a population of 5,002. The ethnicity was 92.9% white, 1.3% mixed race, 5% Asian, 0.4% black and 0.4% other. The place of birth of residents was 87.7% United Kingdom, 1.2% Republic of Ireland, 2.6% other Western European countries, and 8.5% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 75.7% Christian, 0.3% Buddhist, 1.3% Hindu, 1.4% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, and 1.1% Muslim. 12.7% were recorded as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 6.8% did not state their religion.cite web | title = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&i=1001&m=0&s=1208776963468&enc=1&areaSearchText=Farnham+Royal&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas=Search | accessdate = 2008-04-20]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 39% in full-time employment, 11% in part-time employment, 14.4% self-employed, 1.7% unemployed, 2.2% students with jobs, 2.7% students without jobs, 16.9% retired, 8.2% looking after home or family, 2% permanently sick or disabled and 2% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 15.4% retail, 13% manufacturing, 4.5% construction, 24.8% real estate, 8.4% health and social work, 7.6% education, 8% transport and communications, 2.9% public administration, 3.7% hotels and restaurants, 3.9% finance, 0.7% agriculture and 7.1% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in real estate, transport and communications. According to Office for National Statistics estimates, during the period of April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households was £1,070, compared with an average of £660 in South East England. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 34% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.

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