Farnborough, Berkshire
Farnborough is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wantage.The village is 720 feet (220 m) above sea level on a ridge aligned east – west in the Berkshire Downs.[1] The Office for National Statistics no longer publishes Farnborough's population total separately.Due to the porosity of the chalk and the village's hilltop position, the only supplies of groundwater are at great depth.[4] The parish's lowest point is east of the village, 511 feet (156 m) above sea level.[5] The B4494 road linking Wantage and Newbury passes about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) west of the village, forming part of the western boundary of the parish.In this case "borough" is derived from beorg, meaning a mountain, hill or tumulus,[6] and not from burh, a fortified settlement.
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