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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

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as the site of William

Kingham

& Sons large w

holesale grocery warehouse.

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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

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RED LION LANE

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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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