Botley, Buckinghamshire

{{Short description|Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.708|-0.583|display=inline,title}} | official_name= Botley | civil_parish = Chesham | population = | population_ref = | unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]] | region= South East England | constituency_westminster= [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]] | post_town= CHESHAM | postcode_district = HP5 | postcode_area= HP | dial_code= 01494 | os_grid_reference= SP9802 | static_image_name = File:Houses in Botley - geograph.org.uk - 115456.jpg | static_image_caption = }}'''Botley''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Chesham]], in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref name=OS165>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165 ''Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted)''|ISBN= 9780319229163 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=30 January 2016}}</ref>

The hamlet name is [[Old English language|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, Buckinghamshire|Latimer]], and merges into the village of [[Ley Hill]].

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[[Category:Chesham]] [[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]]