A TIMELINE OF FARNHAM HISTORY
By Tim Lambert
1200 Waverley Abbey is built near the village of Farnham
1200 The village of Farnham grows into a little town
1249 Farnham is given a charter (a document granting the people certain rights)
1500 Fox Tower is built
1566 Queen Elizabeth grants Farnham a new charter
1585 Farnham has a grammar school
1600 Wool manufacture in Farnham prospers
1619 Andrew Windsor builds almshouses in Farnham
1625 Farnham suffers an outbreak of plague
1642-46 During the Civil War Farnham Castle is in parliamentary hands but after the war it is damaged to prevent it ever falling into royalist hands
1754 Farnham gains its first fire engine
1763 William Cobbett is born in the Jolly Farmer Inn
1801 Farnham has a population of 4,321
1834 Farnham gains gas light
1848 The railway reaches Farnham
1895 Farnham Urban District Council is formed
1901 Farnham has a population of 14,000
1930 The council purchases Farnham Park
1961 Farnham Museum opens
1967 Birdworld opens
1969 Surrey Institute of Art and Design opens
1973 Farnham College opens
1976 New Ashgate Art Gallery opens
1981 Farnham Sports Centre is built
1984 Farnham Town Council is formed
1996 Victoria Garden opens
2001 The population of Farnham is 38,000