Hedgerley

Coordinates: 51°34′34″N 0°36′07″W / 51.576°N 0.602°W / 51.576; -0.602

Hedgerley is a village and civil parish in South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Beaconsfield. The parish has incorporated the formerly separate parish of Hedgerley Dean since 1934 (which was once a hamlet in parish of Farnham Royal). It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east and south of the large village of Gerrards Cross which has a rapid railway connection to London.

The toponym name "Hedgerley" is derived from the Old English meaning "Hycga's woodland clearing". In manorial rolls in 1195 it was recorded as Huggeleg.

Architecture and geography

Hedgerley has aside from its green spaces in the foothills of the Chiltern Hills a linear layout of red brick and timber framed cottages, amongst which Victoria Cottages date from the 16th century. It is bounded to the north by the M40 motorway. Above most houses on a hillside is the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin, designed by the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1852. The Tudor Revival Rectory was built in 1846.