Ballinger, Buckinghamshire

Ballinger
St Mary's Church Ballinger, 2008
Ballinger War Memorial Hall
Ballinger
Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid referenceSP9103
Civil parish
  • Great Missenden
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGREAT MISSENDEN
Postcode districtHP16
Dialling code01494
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Ballinger is a hamlet and common in the parish of Great Missenden (where at the 2011 Census the population was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the nearby Chiltern Hills, close to the border with the parish of Chesham.

Ballinger has a small church which is a former Mission Hall, down Blackthorne Lane. Originally it held Methodist services but now holds a monthly Anglican service the first Sunday of each month, as part of the Parish of Great Missenden.

Etymology

Ballinger comes from "Bealding-ōra" I. Old English, meaning "Beald's bank". It was recorded as Baldinghore in 1135.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Ballinger". Survey of English Place-Names. Retrieved 10 October 2024.


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