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Botany Bay is a hamlet on the Ridgeway on Enfield Chase in Middlesex. The hamlet was reputedly established when the chase was enclosed in 1777 and named from the Botany Bay penal colony in Australia, as a joke about its remote location on the chase. It is within the council area of Enfield.
Place Type: Hamlet
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.676495,-0.126805
Grid Reference: TQ 2961 9918
Council Area: Enfield CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA
GBPN ID: 4813
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Botany_Bay,_Middlesex_4813
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4948510
Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Botany_Bay%2C_Middlesex
Place Type: Hamlet
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.676495,-0.126805
Grid Reference: TQ 2961 9918
Council Area: Enfield CA
Strategic Authority Area: Greater London SA
Police Area: Metropolitan PA
GBPN ID: 4813
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Botany_Bay,_Middlesex_4813 Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4948510 Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Botany_Bay%2C_Middlesex