Farmborough

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= Farmborough
population =
os_grid_reference = ST663605
latitude= 51.3430

longitude= -2.4844

unitary_england= Bath and North East Somerset
lieutenancy_england = Somerset
region= South West England

post_town = Bath
postcode_district =BA
postcode_area=BA
dial_code =
constituency_westminster = Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.

Farmborough is a small village, 6 miles south-west of Bath in Somerset, England.The village has historically been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.

Church

The Church of All Saints dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building. [cite web | title=Church of All Saints | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=32785 | accessdate=2006-11-14]

In the 13th century John Stafford who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury was the rector of Farmborough. [cite book|last=Dunning|first=Robert|title=A Somerset Miscellany| pages =32-33|publisher=Somerset Books|location=Tiverton|date=2005|isbn=0861834275]

Government and politics

The Farmborough ward is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Peter Moyle is an ex-Mayor of Farmborough.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census the Farmborough ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these, 71% of residents described their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications, and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived. [cite web | title=Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 016B Farmborough | work=Office of National Statistics 2001 Census | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadProfileSearch.do?profileSearchText=BS39+4LW&searchProfiles= | accessdate=2006-05-01]

Notable residents

* Actor Anthony Head

References

External links

* [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Maps/OS62htm/2002.htm Map of Farmborough circa 1900]