Beacon's Bottom
Appearance
Beacon's Bottom | |
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Cottages in Beacon's Bottom, 2006 | |
Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
OS grid reference | SU786955 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HIGH WYCOMBE |
Postcode district | HP14 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
Beacon's Bottom,also known asBacon's Bottom,[1][2]is ahamleton theA40betweenPiddingtonandStokenchurchin England. Until 1895 it was administratively part ofOxfordshire,and wastransferred to Buckinghamshirewith its parent parish Stokenchurch in 1896.[1]It was one of the principal sites ofHigh Wycombe's 19th Century chair-making industry, known locally asbodging.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^abWilliam Page, ed. (1925). "Parishes: Stokenchurch".A History of the County of Buckingham.Vol. 3. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 96–101.Retrieved16 October2013.
- ^"Assignment of Leasehold premises D/147/49/1 1888".National Archives.Retrieved16 October2013.
- ^"Furniture making in Wycombe".Wycombe District Council.Retrieved16 October2013.
- ^"Antiques: List of Furniture Makers in the Wycombe District".The Arts and Crafts Home.Retrieved16 October2013.
External links
[edit]Media related toBeacon's Bottomat Wikimedia Commons