History of the Allotments

The First Year of the Allotments - 2013

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

The winter of 2012-13 saw some of the heaviest rain that we have had for years and it was evident that we were going to have to do some serious drainage work. That old ditch that was just evident...

Before the Allotments - 2010 to 2012

Friday, 1 October 2010

After years of lying fallow, the monks decided that something must be done to bring at least one field back into use for the good of the monastic and local resident communities, thus in late 2009 the...

Before the Allotments – 1800s to 1970s

Wednesday, 1 January 1800

When you come to the allotments to tend your plot, have you ever stopped to reflect on who passed this way before you? Farnborough’s history is well documented, and some of the early maps give some...