Botany Bay, Derbyshire
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Botany Bay is the name of a small hamlet in south Derbyshire
near Linton
and Coton in the Elms
in the National Forest
.
, Botany Bay does not appear to have a common source with its better known Australian namesake. While Botany Bay
in New South Wales
was named for the quantity of botanical specimens found there, the history of the naming of the Derbyshire hamlet is unclear. The name is also attached to a farm and a small lake in the area.
have calculated that a point near Botany Bay, at Coton in the Elms, is the furthest point from the English coastline. The low water line at Fosdyke
, on the edge of The Wash
in Lincolnshire, is around 70 miles (113 kilometres) away.
together with the Woodland Trust
purchased a 96 acres (388,498.6 m²) woodland near the hamlet in January 2007. The initiative was designed to expand the nearby National Forest
and regenerate the historical wildflower and woodland environment in the area.
South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote....
near Linton
Linton, Derbyshire
Linton is a parish in South Derbyshire, England, 5 miles south east of Burton-on-Trent.Nearby settlements are Castle Gresley, Overseal, Rosliston , Cauldwell and Botany Bay.The village has a Post Office and 3 pubs as at 2008...
and Coton in the Elms
Coton in the Elms
Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire. It is located five miles south of Burton upon Trent.South east of the village is Church Flatts Farm, which is defined by the Ordnance Survey as the farthest point from the sea in Great Britain.-History:Coton is mentioned...
in the National Forest
National Forest, England
The National Forest is one of England’s most ambitious environmental projects. Across parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest...
.
Toponymy
Unlike the nearby town of MelbourneMelbourne, Derbyshire
Melbourne is a Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. It is about 8 miles south of Derby and 2 miles from the River Trent. In 1837 a then tiny settlement in Australia was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes...
, Botany Bay does not appear to have a common source with its better known Australian namesake. While Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
was named for the quantity of botanical specimens found there, the history of the naming of the Derbyshire hamlet is unclear. The name is also attached to a farm and a small lake in the area.
Landlocked
Despite the maritime reference in the hamlet’s name, the Ordnance SurveyOrdnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
have calculated that a point near Botany Bay, at Coton in the Elms, is the furthest point from the English coastline. The low water line at Fosdyke
Fosdyke
Fosdyke is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. It lies about south of Boston just off the A17, and east from the junction of the A17 with the A16. The village is near the mouth of the River Welland, and the parish extends across the river to include both ends of the hamlet of...
, on the edge of The Wash
The Wash
The Wash is the square-mouthed bay and estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire. It is among the largest estuaries in the United Kingdom...
in Lincolnshire, is around 70 miles (113 kilometres) away.
Woodland
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together with the Woodland Trust
Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the protection and sympathetic management of native woodland heritage.-History:...
purchased a 96 acres (388,498.6 m²) woodland near the hamlet in January 2007. The initiative was designed to expand the nearby National Forest
National Forest, England
The National Forest is one of England’s most ambitious environmental projects. Across parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest...
and regenerate the historical wildflower and woodland environment in the area.