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Business Est. 1857
British Association
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Farnham Removals
Keeping families on the move since 1857. Contact our team today to get a free quote from Surrey’s trusted removals experts.
Our Removals Service Includes…
Removals Coordinator
On hand to help you through to your completed move.
Mileage
There are no hidden costs. All our quotes include mileage.
Goods in Transit Cover
Restricted liability is provided as standard.*
Robe Cartons
Clothes travel in style in our robe cartons.
Covers & Blankets
Slot-on, padded covers protect white goods and furniture.
Carbon Footprint Offsetting
To offset carbon emissions we’re planting 2,000 trees.
Uniformed Crew
Our trained crews are DBS checked and carry photo ID.
Recycled Materials
We use recycled/recyclable materials where possible.
Biodegradable Mattress Bags
Mattress bags are used once, then recycled.
Carpet Runners
Floor protection is available for both locations.**
About Farnham
Population
20,491 – 2021 Census
Local Authority
Schools
Nearest…
Train Station
Milton Keynes
Town centre – South St
Airport
Heathrow
27 miles – 34 minutes
Golf Course
Farnham Golf Club
3 miles – 10 minutes
Theatre
Maltings
0.6 miles – 3 minutes
Museum
Milton Keynes Museum
Town centre – West Street
Waste & Recycling
Farnham Recycling Centre
1 mile – 5 minutes
Extra Services
Packing
Comprehensive expert packing services, from single room, specialist items to complete home contents packing.
Storage
Short and long-term containerised storage. We'll collect from your old home and deliver to your new property.
Packing Materials
Wardrobe cartons, boxes, packing materials, tape, paper wrap. Made from recycled and recyclable materials.
A Very Quick History of Farnham
10,000 BCE
The first evidence of people moving to Farnham are Palaeolithic and Stone Age tools and bones.
c100 CE
The Romans build a road, the Harrow Way, extending from Silchester to Chichester.
550
A Saxon community build weaving huts at Fearnhamme, which were discovered in 1924 at Saxon Croft.
688
In the first written record, King Caedwalla of Wessex grants land to three monks to build a monasterium (church).
892
Invading Vikings attack, taking goods and slaves. Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great confronts the Danes at the Battle of Farnham defeats them and recaptures much of their plunder.
1086
Ferneham appears in the Domesday Book, owned by Henry de Bois, Bishop of Winchester, brother of King Stephen and grandson of William the Conqueror. The second most powerful man in England, de Bois has Farnham Castle built.
1348
The Black Death ravages the town killing over 1,000 people, roughly a third of the population.
1625
Another outbreak of the plague plus a sudden decline in the wool trade leads to an economic depression.
1642
At the end of the English Civil War, Parliamentarians destroy the castle to prevent it falling under Royal control again.
1649
King Charles stays at Vernon House on root to London to be executed.
1726
In A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain, Daniel Defoe (Treasure Island) writes, “we came to Farnham, of which I can only say, that it is a large populous market-town, the farthest that way in the county of Surrey, and without exception the greatest corn-market in England”.
1763
William Corbett is born in the Jolly Farmer Inn, now renamed The William Corbett. In later life he campaigns for the rights of the poor, better wages for soldiers, land rights for farmworkers and encouraging common people to rise up in the Swing Riots of 1830.
1834
Gas lights are introduced.
1849
The first railway station is built.
2020
Farnham is designated England’s first World Craft Town by The World Crafts Council.
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