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Badshot Lea has a Community Association but has no civil parish. [7] Badshot Lea is represented at Waverley Borough Council by two councillors: David Hunt and Mark Merryweather (LibDem). [8] Of the 81 single-member electoral divisions of Surrey County Council Badshot Lea is in Farnham North, represented by Catherine Powell (Farnham Residents).
Weybourne lies to the northeast of Farnham, bordering the villages of Hale, Heath End and Badshot Lea as well as the town of Aldershot to the north. The village centres around the crossroads of Weybourne Road (the B3007) and Upper and Lower Weybourne Lane.
The river curves east-south-east, passing under the railway line to Aldershot station, between two lakes, under Badshot Lea Road and past some more lakes, which form part of Tice's Meadow nature reserve, a hop farm from 1851 until 1958, after which 140 acres (57 ha) were quarried by Hanson Aggregates between 1998 and 2010.
Locals could also be buried at the new cemetery at West Street Cemetery in town, also known as Farnham Cemetery, and at Badshot Lea Cemetery. [1] However, Farnham Burial Board advised St John the Evangelist church in Hale to apply for Common land from the War Office. Funds to purchase the land for a new cemetery and to build the two small ...
The Badshot Lea Long Barrow, which has also been called the Farnham Long Barrow, [1] was located near to Badshot Farm in the parish of Runfold, Surrey. [2] Standing on the western end of the Hog's Back ridge, [3] it was on a slope of Upper Chalk overlooking the Blackwater Gravels below. [4] It stood at approximately 85 metres (280 ft) above sea ...
The civil parish, which includes the villages of Badshot Lea, Hale and Wrecclesham, covers 14.1 sq mi (37 km 2) and had a population of 39,488 in 2011. [2] Among the prehistoric objects from the area is a woolly mammoth tusk, excavated in Badshot Lea at the start of the 21st century.
North Farnham Church, North Farnham Church Road) was the site of the Skirmish at Farnham Church during the War of 1812. Farnham takes its name from Farnham, in Surrey, England. [2] The North Farnham Church was built in 1737 and has featured in historic events since then.
He was Bishop of Winchester from 1827 to 1869 and lived at his official residence, Farnham Castle. [4] Also in attendance was his son, George Sumner , and archdeacon Samuel Wilberforce . [ 5 ] Charles Sumner and his wife, Jennie, are buried in the churchyard.