End of Tenancy Cleaning Farnborough BR5

The name Farnborough derives from Fearnbiorginga which means “settlement among the ferns on the hill”. The first mention of this BR5 area comes from 862 when Ethelbert, King of Wessex gave away land in this area. In the 13th century, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester owned Farnborough. He was a French soldier who participated in the Fourth Crusade at the beginning of the 13th century. He inherited the title of Earl from his mother. In the 16th century, this village was on the road from London to Hastings. The George pub served as a coaching inn back then.

In 1801, records mention 314 people living in Farnborough. By 1931, the population rose to 4,373. The village was a parish in the Ruxley hundred in the county of Kent. It is part of the Metropolitan Police District since 1840. From 1894 to 1934, this South East London area was in the Bromley Rural District. Since 1934, it is no longer a parish. It is part of Greater London since 1965. Farnborough does not have a railway station. The residents use the nearby station at Orpington. Three bus routes serve this area. The buses provide transportation to several areas such as St Pauls Cray and Crystal Palace.

This area is home to the Royal Aircraft Establishment. This is exactly where various experimental works in aeronautic take place. Moreover, every two years a civil and military air show is held in Farnborough by the Society of British Aerospace Companies. The Princess Royal University Hospital in nearby Locksbottom was called Farnborough Hospital. Farnborough Hill’ was home to the wife of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie. TV drama Footballers’ Wives was filmed in this area. In 2008, Farnborough was the site of a plane crash. A Cessna Citation 501 plane carrying five people, including racing drivers David Leslie and Richard Lloyd, crashed into a house. All the passengers lost their lives.