Ballinger, Buckinghamshire
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Ballinger is a
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and common in the
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of Great Missenden (where at the 2011 Census the population was included), in
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, England. It is situated in the nearby
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, close to the border with the parish of
Chesham Chesham ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about north-west of Charing Cross, central London, and part of the London metropolitan area, London ...
. 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.


References


External links


Ballinger Village Hall website - News and Events

Ballinger Waggoners Cricket Club

Ballinger Bombers Football Club

Ballinger village website

Ballinger St Mary's Mission Hall
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire {{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub