Farnborough, Warwickshire
Farnborough is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is located on the border with Oxfordshire, around 6 miles (10 km) north of Banbury. The population taken at the 2011 census was 265.[1]
| Farnborough | |
|---|---|
 St Botolph's Church | |
  Farnborough Location within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 265 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP433497 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The village has a church, St. Botolphs, a village hall and an eating house, The Kitchen. On the southern edge of the village is Farnborough Hall, a Grade I Listed building built by the Holbech family in the early 17th century and endowed to the National Trust in the 1960s. The interior of the Hall is most famous for its collection of Roman busts and paintings by Canaletto and Giovanni Paolo Panini collected during a Grand Tour by William Holbech junior in the early 18th century. The gardens and landscape were designed by the famous designer Sanderson Miller that include two temples along the manicured walk, known as The Terrace, with an 80 feet (24 m) tall obelisk [2] at the end.
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- Nicholson, Jean et al: The Obelisks of Warwickshire, page 19. Brewin Books, 2013
- Warwickshire Towns & Villages, by Geoff Allen (2000) ISBN 1-85058-642-X