Beacon's Bottom, also known as Bacon's Bottom,
is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...
on the
A40 A40 or A-40 may refer to:
Roads
* A40 motorway (Canada), a road in Québec
* A40 motorway (France)
* A40 motorway (Germany)
* A40 road (Great Britain), a road connecting London and Fishguard, Wales
* A40 road (Northern Ireland), a road running fr ...
between
Piddington and
Stokenchurch
Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is a commuter village, served by junction 5 ...
in England. Until 1895 it was administratively part of
Oxfordshire, and was
transferred to Buckinghamshire with its parent parish Stokenchurch in 1896.
It was one of the principal sites of
High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, south-southeast of Aylesbur ...
's 19th Century chair-making industry, known locally as
bodging
Bodging (full name Chair-Bodgering) is a traditional woodturning craft, using green (unseasoned) wood to make chair legs and other cylindrical parts of chairs. The work was done close to where a tree was felled. The itinerant craftsman who made t ...
.
References
External links
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire
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