| Farnham Royal | |
  Farnham Royal shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Farnham Royal |
| District | South Bucks |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stoke Poges/Fulmer |
| Postcode district | SL2 |
| Dialling code | 01753 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | Beaconsfield |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Farnham Royal is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is just to the north of Slough. The village name 'Farnham' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead where ferns grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Ferneham. The affix 'Royal' was given to the village in the late 11th century by the king, who gave the lord of the manor of Farnham Bertram de Verdun the Grand Sergeantry, on the condition of providing a glove and putting it on the king's right hand at the coronation, and supporting his right arm, while the Royal sceptre was in his hand. At the centre of the village, where there are now two mini-roundabouts, stood the old water pump. This was removed when the mini-roundabouts were created sometime in the 1970's, but recently came back to Farnham Royal and has been placed on the green nearby, next to the Duke's Head pub. Within the parish boundary is the village of Farnham Common.
