FARNHAM, a town of England, in the hundred of Farn ham, and the county of Surrey, is situated partly on a hill not far from the north bank of the river Wye. The town consists of one principal street, with some smaller ones branching off to the north and south, and the houses are in general excellent. The principal public buildings and esta blishments at Farnham, are, the castle, the church, and the market house, with a free school, and a good charity school. The castle is situated upon a hill, on the north side of the principal street. It was built by Henry, (brother of King Stephen,) Bishop of Winchester, and has ever since been the summer residence of the Bishop of Winchester. It was greatly injured in the civil war in 1642, but was re built and repaired after the Restoration, by Dr Morley, Bi shop of Winchester. It is built of brick, covered with stucco, and is embattled, and of a quadrangular form. Some remains of the keep of the ancient castle are contiguous to the edifice. "It is called Jay's Tower, which is ascended Vot. IX. Parer. I.
by 63 stone steps. It contains a kitchen garden on its top, consisting of 48 rods of land. The whole is surrounded with a strong stone wall, at the foot of which is a moat planted with oaks. The church, which was formerly a cha
pel of ease to Waverley Abbey, is at a little distance to the south of the High Street, and is a large building, appa rently built about the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century. It consists of a nave continued to form the chancel, with a north and south aisle. Its numerous windows are adorned with tracery; and the interior con tains several handsome monuments, with a painting of the 12 apostles on an altar-piece. The tower, which is very substantial, has a small turret at each cornice ; and there is a bracket at the west end, which seems to have supported a niche for an image. Farnham was once celebrated for its cloth manufacture ; and the hops cultivated in the vici nity of the town, have always been regarded as the best in England. A great trade in Welsh hose is carried on in the town. The following is the statistical abstract for the town and parish in 1811 : See the Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xiv. page 241. West Long. 47' 57", North Lat. 51° 13' 7". See Suit REV. (