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Bellingdon
Coordinates: 51°44′06″N 0°37′51″W / 51.734876°N 0.630916°W
Bellingdon the name deriving from the Anglo Saxon Bellingdenu or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as Belenden in the 15th century, is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is arranged along a ridge, typical of the Chiltern Hills to the north of Chesham.
Early settlement
Until the end of the 19th century Bellingdon consisted of a number of scattered farms including Bank, Peppetts, Bellingdon End, Bloomfield, Huge, Hazeldean and Vale Farms which were built in late 16th or early 17th-century. The abundance of clay deposits led to a number of brickworks being established in the 19th century at Bloomfield Farm and in the 20th century at Gyles Court and nearby adjacent to Cheddington Wood.
Modern day settlement
The village hall was built around 1948 using a 'standard hut' provided by the National Council for Social Service on land given by Miss Marian Thompson, the first W.I. President. Together with the adjoining playing fields, it is shared with the people of the nearby hamlet of Asheridge. In 2010 a grant was awarded funding the construction of a playground next to the village hall. At the northern end of the village is the premises of The Bull public house which ceased to trade in the summer of 2009 and was boarded up, and beyond this the largest employer in the village, HG Matthews Brickworks which was acquired by the family in 1924. Also at this end of the village is the Bellingdon End shop selling equestrian supplies, animal feed and clothing.
