{{Short description|Hamlet in England}} {{Use British English|date=March 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Ballinger |static_image= St Mary's Church Ballinger - geograph.org.uk - 1054284.jpg |static_image_caption= St Mary's Church Ballinger, 2008 |static_image_2 = Ballinger War Memorial Hall.jpg |static_image_2_caption = Ballinger War Memorial Hall |coordinates = {{coord|51.720745|-0.680855|display=inline,title}} |civil_parish= Great Missenden |unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]] |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= [[Mid Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Buckinghamshire]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of Mid Buckinghamshire |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4175/location |website=parliament.uk |date=July 2024 |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> |post_town= GREAT MISSENDEN |postcode_district= HP16 |postcode_area= HP |dial_code= 01494 |os_grid_reference= SP9103 }} '''Ballinger''' is a [[hamlet (UK place)|hamlet]] and common in the [[parish]] of [[Great Missenden]] (where at the 2011 Census the population was included), in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is situated in the nearby [[Chiltern Hills]], close to the border with the parish of [[Chesham]].
Ballinger has a small church which is a former Mission Hall, down Blackthorne Lane. Originally it held Methodist services but now holds a monthly Anglican service the first Sunday of each month, as part of the Parish of Great Missenden.
==Etymology== Ballinger comes from "Bealding-ōra" I. Old English, meaning "Beald's bank". It was recorded as Baldinghore in 1135.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Buckinghamshire/Great+and+Little+Missenden/53282ecbb47fc407e30000dd-Ballinger|title=Ballinger|work=Survey of English Place-Names|accessdate=10 October 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://ballingerhall.org Ballinger Village Hall website - News and Events] * [http://bw-cc.co.uk/ Ballinger Waggoners Cricket Club] * [https://www.facebook.com/groups/749844305078852/ Ballinger Bombers Football Club] * [http://www.ballinger.org Ballinger village website] * [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/ballinger-st-mary-mission-hall/ Ballinger St Mary's Mission Hall]
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[[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]]
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