Botley, Buckinghamshire

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Botley
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Botley
Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference SP9802
Civil parish
  • Chesham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESHAM
Postcode district HP5
Dialling code 01494
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
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England
Buckinghamshire
51°42′29″N0°34′59″W / 51.708°N 0.583°W / 51.708; -0.583

Botley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chesham, in Buckinghamshire, England. [1] [2]

The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means Botta's Clearing.

Botley includes the Hen and Chickens public house and Goose Acre pond. Most of the houses in Botley are on Botley Road. Botley is divided between the civil parishes of Chesham and Latimer, and merges into the village of Ley Hill.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165 Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319229163.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.