Fareham
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Hampshire
SU575061
50.51N 1.10W : lat'n'long
otherwise: fearnham, 964-975; Fernham, 1086
FAREHAM
Old English 'bracken estate'. A topographical description, for bracken can have had nothing to do with the function of the estate. The 'n' between consonants begins to disappear - perhaps in French mouths - as early as the 12th century. Note though that the Millbrook charter of 956 (BCS 926, S 636) refers to 'fearninga broc'='brook of people associated with 'fearn'' or with a person whose name descended from the hypothetical British 'Sparno-' (as represented in the Welsh king 'Farinmail' slain in 577 according to the A and E texts of the Old English Chronicle). There is room for a reappraisal of the relation between the names FAREHAM and FARLINGTON and the Millbrook charter name in the light of this.
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
Period - 19th century, early
I there [Durley] saw girls platting the straw. They had made plat of several degrees of fineness; and, they sell it to some person or persons at Fareham, who, I suppose, makes it into bonnets. ...
Shown on an old map by Perrot 1823
- Hamp
Period - 19th century, early
a town in Hampshire, with a market on Wednesday. Sloops and smaller vessels are built here, and it has a considerable trade in coal, corn, canvas, and ropes. It is seated at the NW point of Portsmouth harbour, 5m NNW Gosport, and 75 W by S London.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Titchfield Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, town - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
The place is described in text Cox 1738
- Hampshire
Fareham, a little Market Town: The Market is on [ ] weekly, and a Fair on [ ] yearly. K. Charles II. dignified this Place with the honorary Title of an Earldom, in creating Madam de Querovalle his Mistress, Countess of Fareham, and Dutchess of Portsmouth.
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, town - Portesdown Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, town - Titchfeild Hundred - Hantshire
otherwise: Fareham
Shown on an old map by Simmons 1643
- Hamshire
Period - 1630s-40s
in the S.E. sector of the thumbnail map; 63 miles from London
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, town - Titchfeild Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, town - Fareham Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
otherwise: Porchester
Shown on an old map by Waghenaer 1583
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, town - Southamtoniae
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
... the West Part of Portesmuth Haven.
...
Fareham a fisschar village lyith aboute a myle more upward at the very hedde of the haven.
Listed in Domesday Book
- Ferneham Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
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Listed in Domesday Book
- Fernham Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
HMCMS:FA1998.49.10
A black shield indicating industry, a gold ship representing the borough's ancient prosperity as a port and shipbuilding centre, the keys and sword are the arms of the See of Winchester and also recall the local church of St peter and St Paul, the roses are the Hampshire rose.
PREST A FAIRE
motto - Ready to act
