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Throughout its history Farnham, has never been regarded as an
industrial town. H
owever, industry in its broadest sense has
always been present as this w
alk around the town centre w
ill reveal. O
n this walk, though, you w
ill also find out about w
halebone corsets, the greatest wooden roof in England, the
winding of countless m
iles of twine and m
any buildings which
are not really quite what they seem
.
Evidence for everything, from
the famous hops the tow
n produced that fetched the highest price at m
arket of any in England to potters from
Roman tim
es through to the present day, can be found in Farnham
and its surrounding villages.
Start your exploration at the entrance to the Waggon Yard car
park at the foot of Dow
ning Street or pick and choose from the
numbered sites on the m
ap during your visit. In this short leaflet w
e can only scratch the surface but if you would like to
learn more w
e suggest you visit the Museum
of Farnham.
Start at entran
ce to Waggon
Yard car park
Dufty Cottage
(1) The building behind the tow
n walk sign is one of the oldest
in the town centre. Evidence w
as found here of lead smelting
dating back to the 16th century or earlier.
Lower Ch
urch Lan
e into Vicarage Lane
O
n the left just here is (2) Pump H
ouse Cottage with a
preserved water pum
p and domestic laundry equipm
ent.
Midd
le Church
Lane
The last tw
o cottages (3) at the top of the lane have m
athematical tiles on the upper storey. M
athematical tiles w
ere introduced to a) circum
vent brick tax or b) reduce weight on
the upper storeys.
The
Tow
n H
all B
uild
ings
rep
lace
d th
e fo
rmer
Cor
n Ex
chan
ge
whi
ch s
tood
on
the
sam
e si
te a
nd w
hich
in t
urn
repl
aced
the
m
arke
t ha
ll w
hich
onc
e st
ood
in t
he c
entr
e of
the
roa
d at
the
fo
ot o
f Ca
stle
Str
eet.
The
pres
ent
build
ing
inco
rpor
ated
the
orig
inal
Bai
liff’s
Hal
l, no
w
the
first
sho
p in
the
arc
ade,
whi
ch h
as a
n im
pres
sive
woo
den
beam
ed r
oof
visi
ble
insi
de. N
ote
the
mon
ogra
m o
f th
e To
wn
Hal
l &
Mar
ket
Com
pany
in t
he f
anlig
ht
abov
e on
e of
the
doo
rs in
the
ar
cade
.
Bor
elli
Yard
Th
e sh
op o
n th
e rig
ht o
f th
e ya
rd
entr
ance
nex
t to
the
ban
k w
as
owne
d by
Cha
rles
Bore
lli w
ho w
as a
m
ains
prin
g in
the
Tow
n H
all &
M
arke
t Co
mpa
ny a
nd a
gre
at
bene
fact
or t
o th
e to
wn’
s am
eniti
es.
The
yard
(44
) w
as o
nce
a pr
ivat
e ba
ck y
ard
serv
ing
the
prem
ises
in T
he B
orou
gh. I
n th
e 19
80s
it w
as d
evel
oped
as
a sh
oppi
ng a
nd o
ffic
e pr
ecin
ct.
Form
erly
it h
ad b
een
used
as
a st
orag
e ar
ea b
y lo
cal a
rchi
tect
H
arol
d Fa
lkne
r w
ho r
ecov
ered
mat
eria
ls f
rom
red
unda
nt f
arm
bu
ildin
gs. H
e th
en u
sed
thos
e m
ater
ials
in a
nd a
roun
d th
e to
wn
to p
rodu
ce b
uild
ings
whi
ch a
re n
ot a
lway
s as
old
as
they
look
. So
me
shop
s in
The
Bor
ough
are
exa
mpl
es o
f hi
s w
ork.
Dur
ing
the
deve
lopm
ent
arch
aeol
ogis
ts c
arrie
d ou
t a
wat
chin
g br
ief
and
disc
over
ed a
med
iaev
al t
ile k
iln, a
n ol
d gr
anar
y bu
ildin
g w
hich
was
mov
ed t
o th
e Ru
ral L
ife C
entr
e at
Tilf
ord
and
a se
ctio
n of
the
med
iaev
al t
own
ditc
h. T
he la
tter
mar
ked
the
sout
hern
ext
ent
of t
he t
own
at t
he t
ime.
Cent
ral
Car
Park
Th
e ca
r pa
rk (
45)
was
the
site
of
the
larg
e Vi
ctor
ia T
rans
port
Co
mpa
ny p
rem
ises
. Thi
s co
mpa
ny d
ealt
with
eve
ryth
ing
from
do
mes
tic r
emov
als
to b
ulk
tran
spor
t an
d on
e of
the
ir pr
inci
pal
carg
oes
was
san
d an
d gr
avel
fro
m t
he v
ery
exte
nsiv
e pi
ts
whi
ch c
over
ed w
hat
is n
ow t
he s
outh
sid
e of
the
tow
n.
Lon
gbri
dge
In
Uni
on R
oad
is o
ne o
f th
e to
wn’
s fo
rmer
pol
ice
stat
ions
(46
).
Haw
thor
n Lo
dge
(47)
occ
upie
s th
e si
te o
f th
e m
ost
rece
nt
polic
e st
atio
n bu
ilt o
n w
hat
was
orig
inal
ly a
bui
lder
’s ya
rd. N
ote
the
carv
ed s
tone
pan
els
on t
he b
uild
ing
depi
ctin
g so
me
of
Farn
ham
’s pa
st in
dust
ries.
The
se w
ere
save
d w
hen
the
polic
e st
atio
n w
as d
emol
ishe
d.
The
cros
sing
of
the
river
her
e is
one
of
the
anci
ent
entr
y po
ints
to
the
tow
n an
d or
igin
ally
a f
ord
lay
alon
gsid
e th
e br
idge
on
the
right
.
Bri
dge
Squa
re a
nd
Red
Lio
n L
ane
At
the
river
brid
ge t
he
larg
e br
ick
build
ing
oppo
site
is t
he F
arnh
am
Mal
tings
(48
). N
ow a
th
rivin
g co
mm
unity
re
sour
ce, t
his
was
the
la
rges
t ba
rley
mal
ting
floor
in t
he t
own.
Ove
r th
e ye
ars
the
build
ing
has
also
co
ntai
ned
hop
kiln
s, a
bre
wer
y, a
pub
lic h
ouse
and
a
tann
ery.
The
Will
iam
Cob
bett
pub
lic h
ouse
(49
) w
as t
he b
irthp
lace
of
its
nam
esak
e th
ough
the
n ca
lled
the
Jolly
Far
mer
. The
ga
bled
rig
ht h
and
end
was
orig
inal
ly a
sho
p ca
lled
the
Brid
ge S
tore
s.
As
you
turn
rig
ht lo
ok u
p an
d yo
u w
ill s
ee a
n ad
vert
isem
ent
for
Sam
pson
Sam
pson
, Lic
ense
d M
alts
ter
who
occ
upie
d pa
rt o
f th
e M
altin
gs c
ompl
ex a
t on
e tim
e.
Red
Lio
n L
ane
Furt
her
pain
ted
wal
l adv
ertis
emen
ts a
re o
n w
hat
was
the
Re
d Li
on in
n (5
0), a
noth
er p
art
of t
he M
altin
gs c
ompl
ex.
As
you
turn
into
the
Far
nham
Mal
tings
car
par
k yo
u ar
e pa
ssin
g w
hat
is t
he o
ldes
t pa
rt o
f th
e bu
ildin
g an
d on
ce
hous
ed a
tan
yard
.
Mal
tin
gs e
ntra
nce
an
d fo
otbr
idge
ove
r th
e ri
ver
As
you
cros
s th
e fo
otbr
idge
look
bac
k al
ong
the
leng
th o
f th
e M
altin
gs b
uild
ing
to g
et a
ful
l sen
se o
f its
siz
e.
Turn
left
to
the
Wag
gon
Yard
car
par
k. T
his
was
als
o a
build
er’s
yard
at
one
perio
d. T
he o
ffic
es w
ere
loca
ted
whe
re t
he N
ew A
shga
te G
alle
ry (
51)
is n
ow a
nd t
he
carp
ente
rs’ w
orks
hop
was
in t
he lo
ck-u
p ga
rage
s at
the
far
en
d. It
was
in t
hese
gar
ages
tha
t th
e cu
rren
t fig
ureh
ead
of
the
Cutt
y Sa
rk p
rese
rved
at
Gre
enw
ich
was
car
ved.
M A P O F F A R N H A M ' S H I S T O R I C I N D U S T R Y
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Upper Ch
urch Lan
e (4) Farnham
’s last working blacksm
ith’s forge; now
an architect’s office.
Dow
nin
g Street Opposite is Ivy Lane, hom
e of the (5) Conservative Club w
hich once housed a corset factory.
West Street
Walking along W
est Street you will see: The shop on the corner
that was once the A
lliance public house run by actress Jessie M
atthews (6). The Lion and Lam
b Yard, a former coaching inn
(7). Elphick's (8) one of the oldest shops in town along w
ith Rangers, next to the Post O
ffice (9). The Post Office has a
concrete mural depicting the rocks of the W
eald.
Malthouse Yard w
ith hop kiln/oast house (10). 104a West
Street was a form
er hop kiln (11) now a shop graced w
ith a shop front from
Birch, Birch & Co of 15 Cornhill, London.
The Adult Education Centre (12) form
erly home to the
predecessor of the the boys gramm
ar school and then the hom
e to the predecessor of the University for the Creative A
rts.
Fenn’s Yard former m
ineral water factory (13). College G
ardens w
as in 1813, the site of a temporary hom
e for the Royal M
ilitary College's senior department until the perm
anent building w
as ready in 1820 in Sandhurst (14). Old Tow
n Mew
s (15) used to be one of the first m
otor garages in Farnham
where H
eath & W
iltshire built bodies on chassis bought in from
other manufacturers.
The Bungalow opposite (65A
) (16) used to be public conveniences w
ith a caretaker’s house between. Elliott’s
Reliance Works w
here George Parfitt built John H
enry Knight’s first m
otor car, probably the third in Britain, and certainly the
first to be the subject of a motoring sum
mons w
hen “driven outside of perm
itted hours” in Castle Street (17).
Lion Brewery Stores (18) is an old hop kiln and the last
remaining part of Farnham
United Brew
eries, the largest brew
ery in Farnham, and later hom
e to Crosby Doors, the
town’s largest em
ployer.
Footpath ad
jacent to the Jolly Sailor
The path (19) marks the southern boundary of the extensive
hop gardens which once occupied all of the ground betw
een Crondall Lane to the w
est and the properties in Castle Street to the east.
Note how
straight this footpath is between bends and
particularly as you approach Potters Gate.
Potters Gate
U
niversity for the Creative Arts (20) and site of the last tow
n centre hop fields/gardens w
hich were in use until the early
1970s.
Long G
arden W
alk
Note again how
straight this footpath (21) is. It originally stretched in an uninterrupted line from
here right through to Castle Street. It w
as a rope walk used to produce the vast
quantities of twine needed for stringing the hop fields w
hich surrounded the tow
n.
Lion an
d Lamb W
ay
Car park and supermarket (22). This w
as the site of William
Kingham
& Sons large w
holesale grocery warehouse.
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A31 FARNHAM BY-PASS
Farnham Castle & Keep
Coach Park
Skate Park
Gostrey Meadow
Farnham Station
Farnham Maltings
Sainsbury'sWaitrose
Victoria Garden
Council Offices
Farnham Park
St. Andrew's Church
Leisure Centre
Farnham Community Toilet Scheme
Riv
er W
ey
WEST STREET
RED LION LANE
Defibrillators
TILFORD ROAD
Place of Worship
The Hart (23) Row of cottages (to the right). From the street the cottage numbers run 2, 1, 3, 4, 5….. This is because the front entrances to the first two were originally in Factory Yard now hidden within the development beyond.
Factory Yard is believed to have been the place where the great hammer beam room of Westminster Hall in London was first assembled before it was taken to the building on which it now rests.
(24) Lion & Lamb Yard is a modern retail development built in the yard of the old coaching inn seen earlier and the transport yard of Kingham’s grocery warehouse.
Hart’s Yard (25) Daniel Hall is the headquarters of the 3rd Farnham Scouts and used to be a barn. (26) Former printing works of the Farnham Herald with its distinctive north light roof. The newspaper was printed here until 1990 and was the last major printing works in the town centre.
Another blacksmith’s forge (27) still with a chimney, now serves as a garage for vehicles.
Long Garden Way to Castle Street (28) The continuation of the rope walk used by Tiley & Co whose works were behind the terrace on the left. If you look up at the gable wall of the terrace you will see a large painted sign advertising some of their products.
Castle Street (29) 68 Castle Street, now a restaurant in a yard was once the home to Farnham’s first theatre, the Castle Theatre, known as “Surrey’s most intimate theatre” due to its very small size. This yard had earlier been the location of Quinette’s Mineral Water factory.
(30) 6-7 Castle Street, a restaurant, which has an ornamental metal balustrade above its windows, was once Tiley & Co’s ironmonger’s shop. On the first floor you will see another repainted advertising sign for the company’s wares. Behind the restaurant was a malt house.
(31) St George’s Yard opposite once housed the auction rooms of J Alfred Eggar & Co. Mr Eggar was the originator of the world's first two minute silence for remembrance which took place in this location at the spring fair in May 1916.
The Andrew Windsor alms houses (32) carry an interesting tablet detailing who the residents should be.
Park Row A footpath on the left leads into Farnham Park (33), once the Bishop of Winchester’s New Park where he kept a herd of deer. The high steps here were the only way of getting into the park at this point in order to prevent the deer from escaping into the town.
The castle, above you here, was home to the Bishops of Winchester from the Norman Conquest until the 1660s, and more recently to a secretive camouflage development and trials unit during the second world war.
Dogflud Way to Mike Hawthorn Drive and then through the car park to the riverside On the opposite side of the river here is one of Farnham’s former watermills. This was Hatch Mill (37). It later became the home of Farnham Sanitary Laundry.
The building later became the costume store and rehearsal rooms for the Redgrave Theatre before being converted to a care home.
Riverside path towards South Street The Victoria Garden (38) is on the site of the town’s first swimming bath that was filled with water from the nearby river.
The arch through which you exit was designed by local architect Harold Falkner. Note the holes and marks in the soft brickwork made by generations of children with their coins as they queued here for the baths to open.
Next to it, on the site of Falkner Court was a second, larger public swimming bath.
Brightwells Road Brightwells Pleasure Grounds (39). Here were public gardens, tennis courts, a bowling green and Brightwells House. This was used as a health clinic before becoming home to the Redgrave Theatre. There is a large extension to the rear which housed the auditorium and stage. This area is scheduled for redevelopment for housing and retail.
South Street The supermarket car park is built on the site of the town’s cattle market. The former Central Club (40) was the town’s working men’s institute, and the plasterwork denotes the ideals the club aspired to achieve for its members.
Footpath to Cambridge Place The site of the County cinema (41). The archway ahead formed the approach to the cinema itself which stood here.
Another, larger, cinema, the Regal later renamed Odeon stood further along East Street.
Borough/South Street/East Street junction On the south side of The Borough, you will see, high up, a large blanked out window on the top floor of a building at No. 25 (42). This was photographer George Hale’s north light studio in which he took portraits of local people in the days before studio lighting. Below and slightly further along is the carriage entrance to the Bush Hotel, another of the town’s coaching inns. This entrance is now pedestrian only.
Stop in the gap next to W H Smith and look up. You will see a very ornate brick chimney (43). This was one of two which once graced the massive Gothic edifice of Knight’s Bank in Castle Street. The chimneys are the only parts of this Norman Shaw building that survives, one here and the other on the Bush Hotel.
Bear Lane A redundant chapel here has been converted to a house and beyond is a large former warehouse/factory building (34), Castle House, which was formerly the home of Christy’s perfume and toiletry works.
Footpath next to chapel into Lower South View At the far end of the road is St Cross. The building on the far side of the junction was once the site of Swain & Jones garage (35), the largest motor dealers in the town.
The timber clad building lower down the slope towards East Street is a replica of the original building that housed George Sturt’s “Wheelwright’s Shop”. This and the garage premises behind were part of Sturt & Goacher’s large wheelwright and horse-drawn vehicle building works and later went on to construct car bodywork on chassis manufactured elsewhere.
East Street Brick office building (36) beyond Dogflud Way was the Farnham Gas Co offices which had the gasworks, retort house and gas holder on the hillside below stretching as far as the river.
This huge area is now occupied by industrial units, care homes, housing and the Farnham Leisure Centre.
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