FARNBOROUGH
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 183
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
FARNBOROUGH
, an urban district in the Basingstoke parliamentary division of Hampshire, England, 33 M
.
S.W. by W. from London, on the London & South Western and the South Eastern & Chatham railways
.
Pop
.
( root) 11,500 (including 5070 military)
.
The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also: - PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter ranges from Early English to Perpendicular in style
.
St Michael's Catholic memorial church, erected in 1887 by the ex-empress Eugenie, contains the remains of Napoleon III. and the prince imperial
.
An adjoining abbey is occupied by Benedictine fathers of the French congregation; the convent is a ladies' boarding-school
.
Aldershot North Camp is within the parish
.
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