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Nash Lee

Coordinates:51°46′01″N0°46′55″W/ 51.767°N 0.782°W/51.767; -0.782
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Bungalows in Nash Lee Lane, 2005
Bungalows in Nash Lee Lane, 2005

Nash Leeis ahamletin theparishofEllesborough,inBuckinghamshire,England.[1]It is located to the north of the village, about two miles west ofWendover.

The hamlet name isAnglo Saxonin origin, and means 'clearing among the ash trees'. It was referred to in 12th centurymanorialrecords asEscelee.

Today little remains of Nash Lee apart from a farm and some houses. The feel of the hamlet was altered greatly in the construction of the nearby WendoverBypassand the rerouting of adjacent roads to accommodate the new construction. All that marks Nash Lee today is the road name Nash Lee Lane.

References

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  1. ^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted)(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012.ISBN9780319229163.

51°46′01″N0°46′55″W/ 51.767°N 0.782°W/51.767; -0.782