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Westlington Lea, AYLESBURY, HP17 8UB

Wootton Farmhouse on Westlington Lane dates originally from the C17th but was enlarged in the following century. See EH Grade II listing here https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118306

The hamlet of Westlington adjoins the village of Dinton. Westlington Lane seen here links the two and has a number of very pretty cottages along it, many of them EH Grade II listed - see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118305 for example.

Nearly 12 years since I took Image] and I'm pleased to report that La Chouette Belgian Restaurant is still going strong. It is situated on the green in Westlington, a hamlet which is joined to the larger village of Dinton. They are both remarkably pretty villages with a host of thatched cottages. La Chouette website here http://lachouette.co.uk

The Elms is a large C17th/18th cottage near to the crossroads in the centre of the hamlet of Westlington. Like many of the cottages here, it is EH Grade II listed: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1158896

A view across the green in Westlington to some of the cottages and houses on Wootton Lane. There are numerous lovely thatched dwellings in Westlington and Dinton.

The whole of the hamlet of Westlington (which adjoins the village of Dinton to the southwest of Aylesbury) is peppered with attractive cottages, many of them EH Grade II listed, e.g. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1158905 and https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118304

On the 1940s OS map Westlington is given almost as much prominence as Dinton, but now it seems that the former has become an adjunct to the latter, with the cottages here being on Westlington Green, Dinton.

La Chouette is a very good Belgian Restaurant in the beautiful village of Dinton. Chouette is an interesting word - "chou" is cabbage, so "chouette" could be little cabbage - and as such has become a term of endearment. Alternatively, chouette can also mean "great" or "the great one". However, this restaurant's sign gives the clue as to yet another meaning for the word - which is a rather old-fashioned (I believe) word for an owl, more usually referred to as "l'hibou" these days apparently - though I'm ready to be corrected by any French (or Belgian of course) visitors to this site !

Westlington Lane runs southwest out of the village of Dinton with Wootton Lane crossing it. In fact this part of the village may be considered the separate locality of Westlington. The cottages shown here are typical of those found throughout the village.

The village of Dinton is full of attractive cottages and houses. This cottage is on a little lane which is the continuation of Wootton Lane after it has crossed Westlington Lane.