world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomEgypt is a hamlet in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England.[1][2] It is located within Farnham Royal civil parish, just to the north of Farnham Common, and on the edge of Burnham Beeches.
Human settlement in England
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Location within Buckinghamshire |
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Country | England |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Post town | SLOUGH |
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Postcode district | SL2 |
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Dialling code | 01753 |
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Police | Thames Valley |
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Fire | Buckinghamshire |
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Ambulance | South Central |
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51.563706°N 0.615106°W / 51.563706; -0.615106 |
It is thought that the hamlet was so named because it was a common settling point for Romani travellers,[3] and the term "gypsy" for such people derives from the Greek Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi), meaning Egyptian.
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175 Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319232149.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Peter Macdiarmid (26 August 2014). "British towns with foreign names – in pictures". The Guardian.
Locals think the name derived from a time when there was a gypsy encampment in the area
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- Beaconsfield Constituency
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Towns (component areas and hamlets) | | |
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Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) |
- Burnham
- Denham
- Baker's Wood
- Denham
- Denham Garden Village
- Denham Green
- Higher Denham
- New Denham
- Tatling End
- Dorney
- Dorney
- Dorney Reach
- Lake End
- Farnham Royal
- Farnham Common
- Farnham Park
- Farnham Royal
- Fulmer
- Hedgerley
- Hedgerley
- Hedgerley Dean
- Hedgerley Green
- Hedgerley Hill
- Iver
- Iver
- Iver Heath
- Love Green
- Richings Park
- Shreding Green
- Thorney
- Stoke Poges
- Hollybush Hill
- Stoke Green
- Stoke Poges
- Taplow
- Wexham
- George Green
- Middlegreen
- Wexham
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Former districts and boroughs |
- Beaconsfield Urban District
- Eton Rural District
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Former constituencies | |
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- List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
- List of places in Buckinghamshire
- List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
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