Monument record 0702600000 - Botley

Summary

Medieval to modern hamlet of Botley

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Type and Period (2)

  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)
  • HAMLET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Botley is first mentioned in legal documents in 1167, and then again in 1195, 1227 and 1241 (B1).
Botley is a hamlet consisting of several farms and cottages. St. George's, a chapel of ease to Christ Church, Waterside, is situated on Tylers Hill (B2).
'Botley' is marked on OS maps from 1812 onwards (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC8280 Bibliographic reference: A Mawer & F M Stenton. 1925. PLACE-NAMES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES SOCIETY VOL 2). Vol 2. p224.
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p203.
  • <3>SBC27303 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2025. Information from historic OS mapping.

Location

Grid reference SP 98742 02246 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 4 2025 7:24PM

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