- Badshot Lea
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Badshot Lea
map_type= Surrey
latitude= 51.2328longitude= -0.7619
population=1509 [ [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspublications.nsf/591f7dda55aad72a80256c670041a50d/1c602ea59c869c9180256e600054b26c/$FILE/Town%20populations.pdf Surrey County Council 2001 Census information] ]
os_grid_reference= SU865489
shire_district= Waverley
shire_county =Surrey
region= South East Englandconstituency_westminster= South West Surrey
post_town=Farnham
postcode_district = GU9
postcode_area= GU
dial_code= 01252Badshot Lea is a village situated near
Farnham ,Surrey . It has an infant school, two pubs, two hairstylists, one barber, a pine shop, an army shop, a van rental centre and aWorking men's club .There is a large garden centre named "Squires" with an aquatic department and cafe.
Sports facilities include two [http://badshotleatennisclub.org tennis courts ] , a cricket club and Badshot Lea Football Club
For such a small village, it has a very long history with remains in, or close to, the village from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Roman and medieval periods.
In 1967 the Badshot Lea Village school master and amateur archaeologist William (Billy) Rankine discovered the remains of a Neolithic Long Barrow burial mound in Badshot Lea. The site was excavated by the Surrey Archaeological Society and many finds are on display at Guildford Museum. Little remains of the original mound due to quarrying and the excavation of Railway cutting in 1800s. ["Between Four Bridges - a history of Badshot Lea," , Maurice Hewins]
The burial mound was sited close to the
Harrow Way [Surrey Archaelogical Society] .According to the 2001 Census the area of Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea has a population of 4,176. [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5942866&c=GU9+9JS&d=14&e=16&g=492583&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1 Census data] ]
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