Bellingdon

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Bellingdon
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latitude= 51.734876
longitude= -0.630916
civil_parish= Chartridge
population =
shire_district= Chiltern
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Amersham
post_town= CHESHAM
postcode_district= HP5
postcode_area= HP
dial_code= 01494
os_grid_reference= SP9404

Bellingdon the name deriving from the Anglo Saxon Bellingdenu or "Bella's Valley" is a village in the parish of Chartridge, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is two miles north of Chesham, and situated along a ridge, typical of the Chiltern Hills.

St John's Church, in the centre of the village and is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Greater Chesham [ [http://www.greatchesham.org.uk/StJohnsB/StJohnB.html St John's Church, Bellingdon] ] . There is a village hall, with adjoining playing fields, shared with the nearby hamlet of Asheridge. At the northern end of the village is The Bull public house and beyond this the largest employer in the village, HG Matthews Brickworks which was acquired in 1923.

D.H. Lawrence rented a cottage call The Triangle in Hawridge Lane for a short period between August 1914 and January 1915 during which time he wrote The Rainbow [ [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/row/promoted_routes/Outer%20Ring.pdf DH Lawrence in Bellingdon] ] .

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