Egypt, Buckinghamshire

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Egypt
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Egypt
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SLOUGH
Postcode district SL2
Dialling code 01753
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51°33′49″N0°36′54″W / 51.563706°N 0.615106°W / 51.563706; -0.615106 Coordinates: 51°33′49″N0°36′54″W / 51.563706°N 0.615106°W / 51.563706; -0.615106

Egypt is a hamlet in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. [1] [2] It is located within Farnham Royal civil parish, just to the north of Farnham Common, and on the edge of Burnham Beeches.

It is thought that the hamlet was so named because it was a common settling point for Romani travellers, [3] and the term "gypsy" for such people derives from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning Egyptian.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319232149.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. Peter Macdiarmid (26 August 2014). "British towns with foreign names – in pictures". The Guardian . Locals think the name derived from a time when there was a gypsy encampment in the area