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","dsr":[0,14,null,null]}' about="#mwt1" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Other uses","href":"./Template:Other_uses"},"params":{}}'>For other uses, see <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_(disambiguation)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_(disambiguation)"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham (disambiguation)"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham (disambiguation)</a>.

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Geographic_coordinate_system" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Geographic_coordinate_system"},"sa":{"href":"Geographic coordinate system"},"stx":"piped"}'>Coordinates</a>: <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Chesham&params=51.703_N_-0.602_E_region:GB_type:city(21483)" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":251,"a":{"href":"//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Chesham&params=51.703_N_-0.602_E_region:GB_type:city(21483)"},"sa":{"href":" Chesham\n|civil_parish = Chesham\n|population = 21,483\n|population_ref = Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)."}'><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid"},"sa":{"href":"Ordnance Survey National Grid"},"stx":"piped"}'>OS grid reference</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://toolserver.org/~rhaworth/os/coor_g.php?pagename=Chesham&params=SP965015_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":2933,"a":{"href":"http://toolserver.org/~rhaworth/os/coor_g.php?pagename=Chesham&params=SP965015_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000"},"sa":{"href":"round|Underground]] and road networks. The town centre has been progressively redeveloped since the 1960"}}'>SP965015 </a><link rel="mw:WikiLink/Category" href="./Category:Articles_with_OS_grid_coordinates" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Category:Articles_with_OS_grid_coordinates"},"sa":{"href":"Category:Articles with OS grid coordinates"},"stx":"simple"}'> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Civil_parishes_in_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Civil_parishes_in_England"},"sa":{"href":"Civil parishes in England"},"stx":"piped"}'>Civil parish</a> Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Districts_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Districts_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Districts of England"},"stx":"piped"}'>District</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_(district)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_(district)"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern (district)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Chiltern</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England"},"stx":"piped"}'>Shire county</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>Buckinghamshire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Regions_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Regions_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Regions of England"},"stx":"piped"}'>Region</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_East_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_East_England"},"sa":{"href":"South East England"},"stx":"piped"}'>South East</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Countries of the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Country</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./England"},"sa":{"href":"England"},"stx":"simple"}'>England</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_sovereign_states" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_sovereign_states"},"sa":{"href":"List of sovereign states"},"stx":"piped"}'>Sovereign state</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"United Kingdom"},"stx":"simple"}'>United Kingdom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Post_town" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Post_town"},"sa":{"href":"Post town"},"stx":"simple"}'>Post town</a> CHESHAM <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Postcodes in the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Postcode district</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./HP_postcode_area" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./HP_postcode_area"},"sa":{"href":"HP postcode area"},"stx":"piped"}'>HP5</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Dialling code</a> 01494 <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Police</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thames_Valley_Police" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thames_Valley_Police"},"sa":{"href":"Thames Valley Police"},"stx":"piped"}'>Thames Valley</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Fire_service_in_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Fire_service_in_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Fire service in the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Fire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service"},"stx":"piped"}'>Buckinghamshire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped"}'>Ambulance</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_Central_Ambulance_Service" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_Central_Ambulance_Service"},"sa":{"href":"South Central Ambulance Service"},"stx":"piped"}'>South Central</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom_2009–2014" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom_2009–2014"},"sa":{"href":"Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2009–2014"},"stx":"piped"}'>EU Parliament</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"South East England (European Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped"}'>South East England</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies"},"sa":{"href":"List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies"},"stx":"piped"}'>UK Parliament</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Chesham and Amersham</a>

List of places: <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_United_Kingdom_locations"},"sa":{"href":"List of United Kingdom locations"},"stx":"piped"}'>UK</a>; <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_places_in_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_places_in_England"},"sa":{"href":"List of places in England"},"stx":"piped"}'>England</a>; <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of places in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Buckinghamshire</a>

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Chesham (<span class="nowrap" data-parsoid='{"src":"/ˈtʃɛʃəm/","dsr":[1012,1035,null,null]}' about="#mwt4" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"IPAc-en","href":"./Template:IPAc-en"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"ˈ"},"2":{"wt":"tʃ"},"3":{"wt":"ɛ"},"4":{"wt":"ʃ"},"5":{"wt":"əm"}}}'><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ˈ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>tʃ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ɛ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ʃ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>əm</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a>, <span class="nowrap" data-parsoid='{"src":"locally /ˈtʃɛsəm/","dsr":[1037,1066,null,null]}' about="#mwt5" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"IPAc-en","href":"./Template:IPAc-en"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"local"},"2":{"wt":"ˈ"},"3":{"wt":"tʃ"},"4":{"wt":"ɛ"},"5":{"wt":"s"},"6":{"wt":"əm"}}}'>local <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ˈ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>tʃ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ɛ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>s</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>əm</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a>, or <span class="nowrap" data-parsoid='{"src":"/ˈtʃɛzəm/","dsr":[1071,1094,null,null]}' about="#mwt6" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"IPAc-en","href":"./Template:IPAc-en"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"ˈ"},"2":{"wt":"tʃ"},"3":{"wt":"ɛ"},"4":{"wt":"z"},"5":{"wt":"əm"}}}'><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ˈ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>tʃ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>ɛ</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>z</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English#Key" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English#Key"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English#Key"},"stx":"piped"}'>əm</a><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Help:IPA_for_English" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Help:IPA_for_English"},"sa":{"href":"Help:IPA for English"},"stx":"piped"}'>/</a>) is a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Market_town" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Market_town"},"sa":{"href":"market town"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1101,1116,2,2]}'>market town</a> in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_Hills" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_Hills"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern Hills"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1124,1142,2,2]}'>Chiltern Hills</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1144,1163,2,2]}'>Buckinghamshire</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./England"},"sa":{"href":"England"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1165,1176,2,2]}'>England</a>. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1234,1247,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a>. Chesham is also a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Civil_parishes_in_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Civil_parishes_in_England"},"sa":{"href":"Civil parishes in England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[1267,1309,28,2]}'>civil parish</a> designated a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Town_council" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Town_council"},"sa":{"href":"town council"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1323,1339,2,2]}'>town council</a> within <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_(district)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_(district)"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern (district)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[1347,1388,22,2]}'>Chiltern district</a>. It is situated in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Chess" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Chess"},"sa":{"href":"River Chess"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[1412,1440,14,2]}'>Chess Valley</a> and surrounded by farmland, as well as being bordered on one side by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1510,1522,2,2]}'>Amersham</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Bois" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Bois"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Bois"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1527,1543,2,2]}'>Chesham Bois</a>. The earliest records of Chesham as a settlement are from the second half of the 10th century although there is archaeological evidence of people in the area from around 8000 BC.

The town is known for its four Bs, usually quoted as:- <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Boot" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Boot"},"sa":{"href":"boot"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1779,1788,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>boots</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Beer" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Beer"},"sa":{"href":"beer"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1790,1798,2,2]}'>beer</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Brush" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Brush"},"sa":{"href":"brush"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1800,1811,2,4],"tail":"es"}'>brushes</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Baptists" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Baptists"},"sa":{"href":"Baptists"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[1816,1828,2,2]}'>Baptists</a>.<span about="#mwt8" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. ISBN 0-948929-70-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)","dsr":[1845,2041,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt9\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{" author":{"wt":"Piggin, George "}," authorlink":{"wt":""}," coauthors":{"wt":""}," title":{"wt":"Tales of Old Chesham "}," year":{"wt":"1993 "}," publisher":{"wt":"Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd "}," location":{"wt":""}," isbn":{"wt":"0-948929-70-7 "}," pages":{"wt":""}}}\">Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"stx":"piped"}\">0-948929-70-7</a>. "},"attrs":{"name":"JvW"}}' id="cite_ref-JvW-2-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[2]","dsr":[1829,2047,16,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-JvW-2">[2]</a> Chesham's prosperity grew significantly during the 18th and 19th centuries with the development of manufacturing industry.

In the face of fierce competition from both home and abroad all these traditional industries rapidly declined. The ready availability of skilled labour encouraged new industries to the town both before and after the end of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Second_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Second_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"Second World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[2399,2419,2,2]}'>Second World War</a>. Today employment in the town is provided by mainly small business engaged in light industry, technology and professional services.

From the early part of the 20th century onwards there has been a considerable expansion of the town with new housing developments and civic infrastructure. Increasingly Chesham has also become a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Commuter_town" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Commuter_town"},"sa":{"href":"commuter town"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[2748,2765,2,2]}'>commuter town</a> with improved connection to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./London" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./London"},"sa":{"href":"London"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[2794,2804,2,2]}'>London</a> via the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./London_Underground" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./London_Underground"},"sa":{"href":"London Underground"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[2813,2847,21,2]}'>Underground</a> and road networks. The town centre has been progressively redeveloped since the 1960s and was pedestrianised in the 1990s. The population of the town has increased to slightly over 20,000 but further growth has been restricted because the area forms part of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Green_Belt" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Green_Belt"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Green Belt"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[3110,3137,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Green Belt</a>.

History

Early history

<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Church Street in Chesham old town"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":480,"w":640},"dsr":[3280,3382,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Church_Street,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Church_Street,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg"},"dsr":[3282,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Church_Street,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Church_Street%2C_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg/180px-Church_Street%2C_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Church_Street,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_111011.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Church Street, Chesham - geograph.org.uk - 111011.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,3380,null,null]}'>Church Street in Chesham old town</figcaption></figure>

There is archaeological evidence of the earliest settlement during the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mesolithic" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mesolithic"},"sa":{"href":"Mesolithic"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[3454,3484,13,2]}'>Late Mesolithic</a> period around 5000 BC in East Street, Chesham where a large quantity of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Flint_tool" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Flint_tool"},"sa":{"href":"Flint tool"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[3557,3572,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Flint tools</a> were found.<span about="#mwt12" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"Farley, Michael. (2010). An Illustraded History of Early Buckinghamshire. England: Buckinghamshire Archeological Society. p. 23. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"stx":"piped"}\">978-0-9558158-4-3</a>. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-3-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[3]","dsr":[3584,3838,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The earliest farming evidence from the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Neolithic" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Neolithic"},"sa":{"href":"Neolithic"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[3878,3891,2,2]}'>Neolithic</a> era around 2500 BC. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bronze_Age" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bronze_Age"},"sa":{"href":"Bronze Age"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[3912,3926,2,2]}'>Bronze Age</a> tribes settled in the valley around 1800 BC and they were succeeded by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Iron_Age" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Iron_Age"},"sa":{"href":"Iron Age"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[3998,4010,2,2]}'>Iron Age</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Belgic" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Belgic"},"sa":{"href":"Belgic"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4011,4021,2,2]}'>Belgic</a> people of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Catuvellauni" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Catuvellauni"},"sa":{"href":"Catuvellauni"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4036,4052,2,2]}'>Catuvellauni</a> tribe around 500 BC. Between 150-400 AD there is evidence of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Romano-British" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Romano-British"},"sa":{"href":"Romano-British"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4114,4132,2,2]}'>Romano-British</a> farming and nearby at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Latimer, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[4155,4191,27,2]}'>Latimer</a> there is <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Archaeological" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Archaeological"},"sa":{"href":"archaeological"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4201,4219,2,2]}'>archaeological</a> evidence of a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Roman_Empire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Roman_Empire"},"sa":{"href":"Roman Empire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[4234,4256,15,2]}'>Roman</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Villa" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Villa"},"sa":{"href":"villa"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4257,4266,2,2]}'>villa</a> and the planting of grapevines. However the area was then deserted until the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England"},"sa":{"href":"History of Anglo-Saxon England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[4344,4391,33,2]}'>Saxon period</a> around the 7th century'.<span about="#mwt13" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"Branigan, Keith. (1967). \"The distribution and development of Romano-British occupation in the Chess Valley\". Records of Buckinghamshire 18: 136–49. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-4-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[4]","dsr":[4416,4668,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a>

Contrary to popular belief, the town is not named after the river; rather, the river is named after the town. The first recorded reference to Chesham is under the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Old_English_language" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Old_English_language"},"sa":{"href":"Old English language"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[4833,4869,23,2]}'>Old English</a> name Cæstæleshamm meaning "the river-meadow at the pile of stones<span about="#mwt18" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-058-4.","dsr":[4961,5111,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt20\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hunt"},"first":{"wt":"Julian"},"title":{"wt":"Chesham A Pictorial History"},"year":{"wt":"1977 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-86077-058-4"}}}\">Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"stx":"piped"}\">1-86077-058-4</a>. "},"attrs":{"name":"Hunt 1977"}}' id="cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[5]","dsr":[4939,5117,22,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> around 970 in the will of Lady Ælfgifu, who has been identified with the former <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ælfgifu,_wife_of_Eadwig" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ælfgifu,_wife_of_Eadwig"},"sa":{"href":"Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[5198,5245,26,2]}'>wife of King Eadwig</a>. She held an estate here which she bequeathed to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Abingdon_Abbey" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Abingdon_Abbey"},"sa":{"href":"Abingdon Abbey"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5295,5313,2,2]}'>Abingdon Abbey</a>.<span about="#mwt19" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1484\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":5376,"dsr":[5319,5383,57,1]}\">S 1484</a>."},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-6-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[6]","dsr":[5314,5390,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

Prior to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Norman_conquest_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Norman_conquest_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Norman conquest of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[5401,5436,29,2]}'>1066</a> there were three adjacent estates which comprised Caestreham which are briefly recorded in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Domesday_Book" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Domesday_Book"},"sa":{"href":"Domesday Book"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5536,5553,2,2]}'>Domesday Book</a> as being of 1½, 4 and 8½ <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hides" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hides"},"sa":{"href":"hides"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5579,5588,2,2]}'>hides</a>, having four mills. The most important of these manors was held by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Edith_of_Wessex" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Edith_of_Wessex"},"sa":{"href":"Edith of Wessex"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[5656,5687,18,2]}'>Queen Edith</a>, the widow of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Edward_the_Confessor" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Edward_the_Confessor"},"sa":{"href":"Edward the Confessor"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5702,5726,2,2]}'>Edward the Confessor</a>. Other land having been returned to the Crown it was in the hands of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Harold_Godwinson" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Harold_Godwinson"},"sa":{"href":"Harold Godwinson"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5796,5816,2,2]}'>Harold Godwinson</a> and his brother <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Leofwine_Godwinson" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Leofwine_Godwinson"},"sa":{"href":"Leofwine Godwinson"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5833,5855,2,2]}'>Leofwine Godwinson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> Part of these later became <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Bois" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Bois"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Bois"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[5907,5923,2,2]}'>Chesham Bois</a> parish.<span about="#mwt26" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-505-1.","dsr":[5936,6101,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt30\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hay "},"first":{"wt":"David and Joan "},"title":{"wt":"Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1994 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-505-1"}}}\">Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"stx":"piped"}\">0-85033-505-1</a>. \n"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-7-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[7]","dsr":[5931,6108,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><span about="#mwt27" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-833-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6113,6270,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt29\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hepple, Leslie &"},"first":{"wt":"Doggett, Alison"},"title":{"wt":"The Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1971 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-833-6"}}}\">Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"stx":"piped"}\">0-85033-833-6</a>. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-8-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[8]","dsr":[6108,6276,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> After 1066 Edith kept her lands and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_the_Conqueror" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_the_Conqueror"},"sa":{"href":"William the Conqueror"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[6313,6338,2,2]}'>William the Conqueror</a> divided royal lands between his half brother <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Odo,_Bishop_of_Bayeux" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Odo,_Bishop_of_Bayeux"},"sa":{"href":"Odo, Bishop of Bayeux"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[6384,6409,2,2]}'>Odo, Bishop of Bayeux</a> and Hugh de Bolbec.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a>

The land owners of Chesham

The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Domesday_Book" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Domesday_Book"},"sa":{"href":"Domesday Book"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[6491,6508,2,2]}'>Domesday Book</a> records that there were three <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Manorialism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Manorialism"},"sa":{"href":"manorialism"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[6539,6561,14,3],"tail":"s"}'>manors</a> in Cestreham and one at nearby Latimer. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_the_Conqueror" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_the_Conqueror"},"sa":{"href":"William the Conqueror"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[6602,6627,2,2]}'>William the Conqueror</a> shared out the estates between four of his dependants. The vast majority of land was granted to Hugh de Bolebec and smaller parcels to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Odo,_Bishop_of_Bayeux" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Odo,_Bishop_of_Bayeux"},"sa":{"href":"Odo, Bishop of Bayeux"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[6763,6788,2,2]}'>Odo, Bishop of Bayeux</a>, Toustain Mantel and Alsi. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Henry_III_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Henry_III_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Henry III of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[6816,6850,23,2]}'>Henry III</a> granted the town a royal charter for a weekly market in 1257.<span about="#mwt32" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. ISBN 1-85937-340-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6930,7100,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt33\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Andrew"},"first":{"wt":"Martin, "},"title":{"wt":"Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth "},"year":{"wt":"2001 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Frith Book Company Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-85937-340-2"}}}\">Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"stx":"piped"}\">1-85937-340-2</a>. "},"attrs":{"name":"Frith"}}' id="cite_ref-Frith-9-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[9]","dsr":[6912,7106,18,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-Frith-9">[9]</a>

By the 13th century the three Cestreham manors became known as Chesham Higham, Chesham Bury and Chesham Boys (or 'Bois').In the 14th century they were first recorded as manors of Great Chesham, which collectively extended beyond the current Chesham town boundary.<a href="#cite_note-RoBVol2-10">[10]</a> Together with the manor at Latimer they were held by the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Earl_of_Oxford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Earl_of_Oxford"},"sa":{"href":"Earl of Oxford"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[7450,7484,17,2]}'>Earls of Oxford</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Earl_of_Surrey" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Earl_of_Surrey"},"sa":{"href":"Earl of Surrey"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[7489,7514,17,2]}'>Surrey</a>. During the 16th century Greater Chesham was owned by the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Seymour_family" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Seymour_family"},"sa":{"href":"Seymour family"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[7573,7591,2,2]}'>Seymour family</a> who disposed of it to the Cavendish family who were <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Earl_of_Devonshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Earl_of_Devonshire"},"sa":{"href":"Earl of Devonshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[7644,7706,21,2]}'>the Earls and later Dukes of Devonshire</a>. It is from the late 1500s that the earliest surviving properties survive and are to be found close by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./St._Mary's_Church,_Chesham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./St._Mary's_Church,_Chesham"},"sa":{"href":"St. Mary's Church, Chesham"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[7810,7857,29,2]}'>St Mary's Church</a> in an area called the Nap, and along part of the present-day Church Street. Though gradually disposing of land the Cavendishes maintained an influence in the town until the 19th century. The Lowndes family started purchasing land from the 16th century. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)"},"sa":{"href":"William Lowndes (British politician)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[8115,8171,39,2]}'>William Lowndes</a> was an influential politician and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secretary_to_the_Treasury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secretary_to_the_Treasury"},"sa":{"href":"Secretary to the Treasury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[8206,8235,2,2]}'>Secretary to the Treasury</a> during the reign of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_III_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_III_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"William III of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[8256,8294,25,2]}'>William III</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain"},"sa":{"href":"Anne, Queen of Great Britain"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[8299,8342,31,2]}'>Queen Anne</a>. He had the original Bury and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Manor_house" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Manor_house"},"sa":{"href":"manor house"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[8373,8388,2,2]}'>manor house</a> of Great Chesham, rebuilt in 1712. The Lowndes family settled in Chesham and over the next 200 years became equally influential both nationally through politics and the law and locally within the town as its principle benefactors.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a>

Early ecclesiastical history

During the early <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Middle_Ages" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Middle_Ages"},"sa":{"href":"Middle Ages"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[8696,8711,2,2]}'>Middle Ages</a> families of Norman descent, the de Bolebecs and the Sifrewasts, controlled between them the separate advosons, administered under separate ecclesiastic medieties, for two churches within what would later become the manors of Greater Chesham. Subsequently, the collection of church tithes in the Greater Chesham manors was gifted from the families to two <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Monastary" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Monastary"},"sa":{"href":"monastary"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9066,9091,12,2]}'>monastaries</a>. During the reign of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Henry_II_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Henry_II_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Henry II of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9113,9145,22,2]}'>Henry II</a> the Sifrewast family granted rights over 'Chesham Leicester' to the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Convent" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Convent"},"sa":{"href":"convent"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[9214,9225,2,2]}'>convent</a> of St Mary's Leicester, and in the reign on <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Henry_III_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Henry_III_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Henry III of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9270,9304,23,2]}'>Henry III</a> the de Bolbec's gave over their authority over 'Chesham Woburn' to the abbot and monks of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Woburn_Abbey" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Woburn_Abbey"},"sa":{"href":"Woburn Abbey"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[9395,9411,2,2]}'>Woburn Abbey</a>. In 1536 <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Henry_VIII_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Henry_VIII_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Henry VIII of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9421,9457,24,2]}'>Henry VIII</a> seized control of both medieties as part of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries"},"sa":{"href":"Dissolution of the Monasteries"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[9506,9540,2,2]}'>Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>. Subsequently, during <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Edward_VII_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Edward_VII_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Edward VII of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9563,9597,24,2]}'>Edward I</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Elizabeth_I_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Elizabeth_I_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Elizabeth I of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[9602,9640,25,2]}'>Elizabeth I</a>'s first Chesham Woburn and then Chesham Leicester advosons became part of the estates of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dukes_of_Bedford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dukes_of_Bedford"},"sa":{"href":"Dukes of Bedford"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[9734,9754,2,2]}'>Dukes of Bedford</a>. From the 1600s a single vicar was appointed though jurisdiction was still shared between both advosons. The Duke of Bedford subsequently consolidated the moities by Act of Parliament in 1767. Though today only the parish church St Mary's, originally associated with Chesham Leicester, remains there is documentary evidence in 1455, during <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Edward_IV_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Edward_IV_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Edward IV of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[10095,10129,23,2]}'>Edward IV</a> reign, of the presence at that time of two churches. The parish church of Chesham Woburn was subsequently demolished but its foundations were discovered during the 19th Century, during the construction of an Infants School.<span about="#mwt39" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FsMMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=chesham&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YVG6UYjlBcKk0QWey4CAAg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=chesham&f=false\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":10522,"dsr":[10373,10560,149,1]}\">Records Of Buckinghamshire Vol 3 1870</a>, Retrieved 14 June 2013"},"attrs":{"name":"RoBVol2"}}' id="cite_ref-RoBVol2-10-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[10]","dsr":[10353,10590,20,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-RoBVol2-10">[10]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Thomas Harding memorial"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":500,"w":375},"dsr":[10591,10658,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg"},"dsr":[10593,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg/135px-Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg" height="180" width="135" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Thomas_Harding_memorial.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Thomas Harding memorial.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,10656,null,null]}'>Thomas Harding memorial</figcaption></figure>

Religious dissent and nonconformity

Chesham is noted for the religious dissent which dominated the town from the 15th century. In 1532 <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thomas_Harding" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thomas_Harding"},"sa":{"href":"Thomas Harding"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[10801,10819,2,2]}'>Thomas Harding</a> was <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Burnt_at_the_stake" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Burnt_at_the_stake"},"sa":{"href":"burnt at the stake"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[10824,10846,2,2]}'>burnt at the stake</a> in the town for being a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lollard" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lollard"},"sa":{"href":"Lollard"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[10871,10882,2,2]}'>Lollard</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Heresy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Heresy"},"sa":{"href":"heresy"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[10887,10905,9,2]}'>heretic</a>. From the 17th century Chesham was a focus for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./English_Dissenters" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./English_Dissenters"},"sa":{"href":"English Dissenters"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[10953,11017,21,2]}'>those dissenting from mainstream religion</a>. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Quaker" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Quaker"},"sa":{"href":"Quaker"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[11019,11030,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Quakers</a> met in the late 17th century in Chesham and in 1798 they built the current <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Friends_meeting_house" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Friends_meeting_house"},"sa":{"href":"Friends meeting house"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[11106,11145,24,2]}'>meeting house</a>. The first <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Baptists" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Baptists"},"sa":{"href":"Baptists"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[11157,11169,2,2]}'>Baptists</a>' meeting dates back to about 1640 and a place was registered for services in 1706. The first chapel was opened in 1712, one of many to be built for the various Baptist groups during the 18th and 19th centuries. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./John_Wesley" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./John_Wesley"},"sa":{"href":"John Wesley"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[11381,11396,2,2]}'>John Wesley</a> preached in Chesham in the 1760s and a Wesleyan <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Methodist" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Methodist"},"sa":{"href":"Methodist"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[11445,11458,2,2]}'>Methodist</a> society existed in the town. In more recent time a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain"},"sa":{"href":"Methodist Church of Great Britain"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[11510,11566,36,2]}'>Wesleyan Methodist</a> chapel was opened in 1897. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Christian_Brethren" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Christian_Brethren"},"sa":{"href":"Christian Brethren"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[11598,11620,2,2]}'>Christian Brethren</a> which date back in Chesham to 1876, opened their Gospel Hall in 1895, which closed in December 2008. Broadway Baptist church had branches at the Vale, Hawridge, Ashley Green and Chartridge, only the one at Chartridge survives. Trinity Baptist church had branches at Hyde Heath, Ley Hill and Whelpley Hill, only the one at Hyde Heath survives. The Congregational Church had branches at Asheridge and Pond Park.

Emigration to the American colonies

In 1630 Aquila Chase left Chesham to join the colony, settling first at Hampton (now New Hampshire), then <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Newbury,_Massachusetts" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Newbury,_Massachusetts"},"sa":{"href":"Newbury, Massachusetts"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[12184,12210,2,2]}'>Newbury, Massachusetts</a>. Descendants of Aquila became influential in shaping political, legislative and commercial matters from the colonial period until after the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Declaration_of_Independence" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Declaration_of_Independence"},"sa":{"href":"Declaration of Independence"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[12351,12382,2,2]}'>Declaration of Independence</a>. For example <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Salmon_P._Chase" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Salmon_P._Chase"},"sa":{"href":"Salmon P. Chase"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[12396,12415,2,2]}'>Salmon P. Chase</a> was the United States Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice in the 1870s and after whom the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chase_Manhattan_Bank" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chase_Manhattan_Bank"},"sa":{"href":"Chase Manhattan Bank"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[12507,12531,2,2]}'>Chase Manhattan Bank</a> is named (although Chase did not have any connection with the bank).<span about="#mwt42" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/JP-Morgan-Chase-amp;-Co-Company-History.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":12700,"dsr":[12605,12732,95,1]}\">History of Chase Manhattan Bank</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[11]","dsr":[12600,12762,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><span about="#mwt43" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/chief_justices/Chase-OH-1.pdf\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":12859,"dsr":[12767,12885,92,1]}\">Genealogy of Chase family</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-12-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[12]","dsr":[12762,12915,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

Industrial development

The primary industries of the town in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Medieval" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Medieval"},"sa":{"href":"medieval"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[12984,12996,2,2]}'>medieval</a> times were flour production, woodworking and weaving of wool. There were four mills built along the Chess which was diverted to generate sufficient power. Surplus flour was supplied to London. The number of clothworkers, including spinners and those associated with dying (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Fuller_(disambiguation)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Fuller_(disambiguation)"},"sa":{"href":"fuller (disambiguation)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[13270,13305,26,3],"tail":"s"}'>fullers</a>), grew rapidly between 1530 and 1730 and became the major industry in the town prior to a period of rapid decline. Between 1740 to 1798 mills were converted to produce paper (pulp) responding to London's insatiable demand for paper. However, technological developments in paper-making elsewhere rendered the mills unprofitable and they reverted to flour production in the 1850s.

<figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"left","ak":"left"},{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"width","ak":"300px"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Painting of Chesham town, circa 1750"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":1626,"w":3006,"wdset":true},"dsr":[13685,13772,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Town_picture.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Town_picture.jpg"},"dsr":[13687,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Town_picture.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cd/Chesham_Town_picture.jpg/300px-Chesham_Town_picture.jpg" height="162" width="300" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Town_picture.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham Town picture.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,13770,null,null]}'>Painting of Chesham town, circa 1750</figcaption></figure>

New industries emerged from the 16th century onwards. The woodlands had been a source of firewood for London during the mediaeval period. A small-scale woodenware industry; making shovels, brooms, spoons and chairs, began around 1538 and its expansion was accompanied by the planting of beechwoods between 17th and 19th centuries.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Straw_plaiting" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Straw_plaiting"},"sa":{"href":"Straw plaiting"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14127,14145,2,2]}'>Straw plaiting</a> was seen as home-based work for the wives and daughters of labourers from the 18th century. Straw was also imported from <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Italy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Italy"},"sa":{"href":"Italy"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14267,14276,2,2]}'>Italy</a> to produce the superior 'Tuscan plait' traded at a Saturday market for the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Luton" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Luton"},"sa":{"href":"Luton"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14352,14361,2,2]}'>Luton</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dunstable" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dunstable"},"sa":{"href":"Dunstable"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14366,14379,2,2]}'>Dunstable</a> hat trade and remained the major cottage industry until around 1860, providing employment for women and girls some of whom attended a 'plait-school' in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Waterside, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[14532,14572,29,2]}'>Waterside</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lace" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lace"},"sa":{"href":"Lace"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14597,14605,2,2]}'>Lace</a> making developed in the 16th century as a cottage industry and was valued for its quality. Chesham specialised in black lace. The industry declined in the 1850s due to mechinisation in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Nottingham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Nottingham"},"sa":{"href":"Nottingham"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14791,14805,2,2]}'>Nottingham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> Between 1838 and 1864 <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Silk" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Silk"},"sa":{"href":"silk"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[14852,14860,2,2]}'>silk</a>-spinning, powered by a steam-driven mill in Waterside was started to make use of unemployed lace workers. This trend was relatively short-lived as changes in fashion and the growth of the railways resulted in competition from elsewhere for the valuable London markets.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> However one exception was the firm of George Tutill, which specialised in high-quality <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Banner-making" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Banner-making"},"sa":{"href":"Banner-making"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[15240,15265,16,2]}'>banners</a> and was responsible for three-quarters of those made for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Trade_union" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Trade_union"},"sa":{"href":"trade union"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[15323,15339,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>trade unions</a>. The firm is still a going concern still specialising in flags and banners.

Three of the four Bs that have shaped Chesham's history relate to its industries. Brush making was introduced around 1829 to make use of the off-cuts from woodworking. Boot and shoe making which started as a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cottage_industry" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cottage_industry"},"sa":{"href":"cottage industry"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[15637,15657,2,2]}'>cottage industry</a> later expanding through small workshops thrived following the opening of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Tanneries" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Tanneries"},"sa":{"href":"tanneries"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[15731,15744,2,2]}'>tanneries</a> around 1792 which also supplied leather for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Saddle" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Saddle"},"sa":{"href":"saddle"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[15789,15799,2,2]}'>saddle</a> making and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Gloves" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Gloves"},"sa":{"href":"gloves"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[15811,15827,9,2]}'>glove</a>. By the mid-19th century both brushmaking and footwear manufacture became major industries in the town with production concentrated in large factories. The industry declined in the early-20th century as the market for heavy boots declined. Beer brewing grew rapidly around the town centre in the 19th century again declining at the start of the 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> These traditional industries were succeeded by smaller but more commercial enterprises which took advantage of the available skilled labour. For example in 1908 the Chiltern Toy Works was opened by Joseph Eisenmann on Bellingdon Road, later moving to the 'new' industrial estate in Waterside, making high quality <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Teddy_bears" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Teddy_bears"},"sa":{"href":"teddy bears"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[16530,16545,2,2]}'>teddy bears</a>. The works finally closed in 1960.<span about="#mwt55" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.luckybears.com/encyclopaedia_chiltern.asp\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":16639,"dsr":[16585,16667,54,1]}\">Chiltern Teddy Bear factory</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-13-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[13]","dsr":[16580,16673,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Post Second World War industry has ranged from the manufacture of glue (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Adhesive" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Adhesive"},"sa":{"href":"Adhesive"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[16747,16780,11,2]}'>Industrial Adhesives</a>) to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aluminium" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aluminium"},"sa":{"href":"aluminium"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[16785,16798,2,2]}'>aluminium</a>-based packaging (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alcan" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alcan"},"sa":{"href":"Alcan"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[16816,16825,2,2]}'>Alcan</a>), Aluminium Castings & Bronze Castings (Draycast Foundries Limited) and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Balloon" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Balloon"},"sa":{"href":"balloon"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[16898,16910,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>balloons</a> (B-Loony).

The town in times of war

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./King_William_I_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./King_William_I_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"King William I of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[16954,17005,28,2]}'>William the Conqueror</a> paused at nearby <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Berkhamsted" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Berkhamsted"},"sa":{"href":"Berkhamsted"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17023,17038,2,2]}'>Berkhamsted</a> in 1066 en route to London. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Henry_VIII_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Henry_VIII_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Henry VIII of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[17071,17107,24,2]}'>Henry VIII</a> imposed a tax on the town to pay for his wars against Scotland and France.

In common with the majority of communities in Buckinghamshire, Chesham's <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lollard" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lollard"},"sa":{"href":"Lollard"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17257,17268,2,2]}'>Lollard</a> heritage and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Puritan" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Puritan"},"sa":{"href":"puritan"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17282,17293,2,2]}'>puritan</a> traditions ensured it would vehemently resist <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./King_Charles_I_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./King_Charles_I_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"King Charles I of England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[17340,17384,28,2]}'>King Charles I</a> demand for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ship_Money" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ship_Money"},"sa":{"href":"Ship Money"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17396,17410,2,2]}'>Ship Money</a> a tax on tradesmen and landowners. In 1635 the townsfolk of Chesham protested to the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Sir Peter Temple who was reluctantly enforcing a writ requiring payment of a levy to the King. Not surprisingly given the local allegiances to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./John_Hampden" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./John_Hampden"},"sa":{"href":"John Hampden"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17668,17684,2,2]}'>John Hampden</a> the towns' people largely sided with the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Roundheads" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Roundheads"},"sa":{"href":"Roundheads"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[17726,17757,13,2]}'>Parliamentarians</a> at the outbreak of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./English_Civil_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./English_Civil_War"},"sa":{"href":"English Civil War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17781,17802,2,2]}'>English Civil War</a>. There is evidence of skirmishes in the area and Influential Parliamentarians such as <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./John_Pym" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./John_Pym"},"sa":{"href":"John Pym"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[17889,17901,2,2]}'>John Pym</a> were headquartered along with large numbers of troops for a period.

The records of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Posse_comitatus_(common_law)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Posse_comitatus_(common_law)"},"sa":{"href":"Posse comitatus (common law)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[17990,18038,31,2]}'>Posse Comitatus</a> for Chesham in 1798 recorded over 800 men between the ages of 16-60 enrolled in a militia to defend the town in the event of invasion by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Napoleon_I" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Napoleon_I"},"sa":{"href":"Napoleon I"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[18176,18190,2,2]}'>Napoleon I</a> or to deal with civil unrest. Less than 50 years later, in 1846 a similar register of 22 able-bodied men had been assembled to form the Chesham troop of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Royal_Buckinghamshire_Yeomanry" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Royal_Buckinghamshire_Yeomanry"},"sa":{"href":"Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[18348,18382,2,2]}'>Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry</a> which coincided with the billeting of troops from the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./7th_Hussars" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./7th_Hussars"},"sa":{"href":"7th Hussars"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[18437,18476,14,2]}'>Queen's Own 7th Hussars</a> passing through the town on their way to Ireland.<span about="#mwt57" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-641-2.","dsr":[18549,18687,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt58\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Birch"},"first":{"wt":"Clive"},"title":{"wt":"The Book of Chesham "},"year":{"wt":"1997 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Quotes Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-86023-641-2"}}}\">Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"stx":"piped"}\">0-86023-641-2</a>. "},"attrs":{"name":"Birch 1997"}}' id="cite_ref-Birch 1997-14-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[14]","dsr":[18526,18693,23,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-Birch 1997-14">[14]</a>

During the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./First_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./First_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"First World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[18706,18725,2,2]}'>First World War</a> 188 servicemen from Chesham lost their lives (see Landmarks). <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alfred_Alexander_Burt" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alfred_Alexander_Burt"},"sa":{"href":"Alfred Alexander Burt"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[18788,18825,24,2]}'>Alfred Burt</a> a corporal in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment"},"sa":{"href":"Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[18844,18887,2,2]}'>Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment</a> from Chesham received the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Victoria_Cross" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Victoria_Cross"},"sa":{"href":"Victoria Cross"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[18914,18932,2,2]}'>Victoria Cross</a> for his actions in September 1915. The town were temporary quarters for several regiments including the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./King's_Royal_Rifle_Corps" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./King's_Royal_Rifle_Corps"},"sa":{"href":"King's Royal Rifle Corps"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[19037,19084,27,2]}'>Kings Royal Rifles</a> and the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Royal_Engineers" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Royal_Engineers"},"sa":{"href":"Royal Engineers"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[19093,19112,2,2]}'>Royal Engineers</a> honed their bridge building skills in local parks. Over the duration of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Second_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Second_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"Second World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[19189,19209,2,2]}'>Second World War</a> 80 servicemen lost their lives. Air raid shelters were built by the Council in 1940 although the official view was that the not being a strategic location the town was unlikely to be targeted. In fact at the end of the war it was estimated that 45 bombs fell in the Chesham area and it is known that nine people were killed.<span about="#mwt60" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Baines, Arnold &, Birch, Clive (1994). Chesham Century. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-549-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[19539,19691,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt61\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Baines, Arnold &"},"first":{"wt":"Birch, Clive"},"title":{"wt":"Chesham Century "},"year":{"wt":"1994 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Quotes Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-86023-549-1"}}}\">Baines, Arnold &, Birch, Clive (1994). Chesham Century. England: Quotes Limited. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1"},"stx":"piped"}\">0-86023-549-1</a>. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-15-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[15]","dsr":[19534,19697,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a>

Social history

A Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Workhouse" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Workhouse"},"sa":{"href":"workhouse"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[19730,19743,2,2]}'>workhouse</a> for 90 paupers was operating in Germain Street as early as 1777. New legislation transferred the control of the Chesham institution to Amersham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Poor_Law_Union" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Poor_Law_Union"},"sa":{"href":"Poor Law Union"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[19888,19906,2,2]}'>Poor Law Union</a> in 1835. However there were long-standing rivalries between the locals of both towns and in July that year violence broke out when an order was given to remove the paupers to Amersham. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Riot_Act" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Riot_Act"},"sa":{"href":"Riot Act"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20096,20108,2,2]}'>Riot Act</a> was read out to an angry crowd of 500 and arrests followed.<span about="#mwt63" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Amersham/Amersham.shtml\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":20238,"dsr":[20173,20284,65,1]}\">Times reports riots outside Chesham Workhouse</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-16-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[16]","dsr":[20168,20290,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

Publicly funded education started with the opening of a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./British_and_Foreign_School_Society" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./British_and_Foreign_School_Society"},"sa":{"href":"British and Foreign School Society"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[20348,20401,37,2]}'>British School</a> in 1825 followed by a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./National_school_(England_and_Wales)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./National_school_(England_and_Wales)"},"sa":{"href":"national school (England and Wales)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[20424,20479,38,2]}'>National School</a> in 1845, an <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Infant_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Infant_school"},"sa":{"href":"Infant school"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[20492,20525,16,3],"tail":"l"}'>Infants' School</a> in 1851 and the first <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Elementary_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Elementary_School"},"sa":{"href":"Elementary School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20548,20569,2,2]}'>Elementary School</a> for girls in 1864. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Building_Society" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Building_Society"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Building Society"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20589,20617,2,2]}'>Chesham Building Society</a>, opened for business in 1845 and continued to operate until June 2010 when it was taken over by the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Skipton_Building_Society" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Skipton_Building_Society"},"sa":{"href":"Skipton Building Society"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20718,20746,2,2]}'>Skipton Building Society</a>. Other public institutions also started at this time with the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Fire_Brigade" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Fire_Brigade"},"sa":{"href":"Fire Brigade"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20809,20825,2,2]}'>Fire Brigade</a> coming in 1846, the first cemetery in 1858 and the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Police_Station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Police_Station"},"sa":{"href":"Police Station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20877,20895,2,2]}'>Police Station</a> built in 1861.<a href="#cite_note-Birch 1997-14">[14]</a>

Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cottage_hospital" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cottage_hospital"},"sa":{"href":"cottage hospital"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[20944,20964,2,2]}'>cottage hospital</a>, built for £865 17s 11d on land provided by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Baron_Chesham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Baron_Chesham"},"sa":{"href":"Baron Chesham"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[21009,21039,16,2]}'>Lord Chesham</a>, opened in October 1869 and just ahead of an outbreak of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Typhoid" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Typhoid"},"sa":{"href":"typhoid"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[21097,21108,2,2]}'>typhoid</a> in 1871. Despite a local campaign to save the hospital it closed in 2005.<span about="#mwt69" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshamhospital.com/index.htm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":21229,"dsr":[21187,21257,42,1]}\">Chesham Hospital - History </a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-17-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[17]","dsr":[21182,21263,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In September 2010 the derelict hospital building was severely damaged by fire caused by arsonists according to police reports.<span about="#mwt70" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/south-bucks-news/local-buckinghamshire-examiner-news/2010/09/16/arsonists-hunted-after-hospital-fire-114018-27282423/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":21555,"dsr":[21395,21592,160,1]}\">Arsonists hunted after hospital fire</a>, Bucks Examiner, Accessed 30 October 2010"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-18-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[18]","dsr":[21390,21640,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The Council commissioned a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waterworks" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waterworks"},"sa":{"href":"waterworks"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[21668,21682,2,2]}'>waterworks</a> to be built in 1875 in Alma Road and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Sewage_collection_and_disposal" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Sewage_collection_and_disposal"},"sa":{"href":"Sewage collection and disposal"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[21720,21769,33,2]}'>mains drainage</a> in the town and a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Sewage_treatment" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Sewage_treatment"},"sa":{"href":"Sewage treatment"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[21788,21821,19,2]}'>sewage works</a> was opened adjacent to the Chess, downstream in 1887. A <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Gasworks" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Gasworks"},"sa":{"href":"gasworks"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[21878,21890,2,2]}'>gasworks</a> was constructed on the southern part of the town in 1847. Bathing in the Chess at Waterside was an old tradition which became increasingly popular in the 19th century. Complaints that it had become a nuisance led to the Urban District Council surrounding the site with a concrete wall. This further increased its popularity and an open-air pool was built by the council in 1912.<span about="#mwt71" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation news\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":""Editorial". yourChesham. May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.","dsr":[22274,22562,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt72\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite news ","href":"./Template:Cite_news"},"params":{"title":{"wt":"Editorial "},"author":{"wt":""},"url":{"wt":"http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1wnak/yourCheshamissue28/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffree.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F518107%2FyourChesham-issue-28%3Frefid%3D44057 "},"newspaper":{"wt":"yourChesham "},"date":{"wt":"May 2012 "},"accessdate":{"wt":"7 May 2012"}}}\"><a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1wnak/yourCheshamissue28/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffree.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F518107%2FyourChesham-issue-28%3Frefid%3D44057\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":211,"a":{"href":"http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1wnak/yourCheshamissue28/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffree.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F518107%2FyourChesham-issue-28%3Frefid%3D44057"},"sa":{"href":"lace\\n%7Ccountry = England\\n|latitude= 51.703\\n|longitude= -0.602\\n|official_name= Chesham\\n|civil_parish = Chesham\\n|population = 21,"}}\">\"Editorial\"</a>. yourChesham. May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-19-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[19]","dsr":[22269,22568,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a>

Transport connections have always come late to the town. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Railway" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Railway"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Railway"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[22631,22655,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Railway</a> eventually reached Chesham in July 1889. Electrification was not to come until the 1960s. Between the two world wars and in the 1950s and 60s there was much expansion in the town with new public housing developments along the Missenden Road, at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pond_Park" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pond_Park"},"sa":{"href":"Pond Park"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[22901,22914,2,2]}'>Pond Park</a> and at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Botley,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Botley,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Botley, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[22922,22956,26,2]}'>Botley</a>.<span about="#mwt75" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshammuseum.org.uk/timeline.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":23009,"dsr":[22962,23042,47,1]}\">Chesham Timeline Chesham Museum </a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-20-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[20]","dsr":[22957,23048,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><span about="#mwt76" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42547\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":23112,"dsr":[23053,23177,59,1]}\">Victorian County History Chesham Parish British History on line</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-21-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[21]","dsr":[23048,23183,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a>

The first public viewings of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Film" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Film"},"sa":{"href":"film"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[23214,23229,7,2]}'>cinema</a> films in Chesham were provided by travelling showmen around 1900 and attracted large crowds. The first purpose-built cinema, The Empire Picture Hall, opened in Station Road in 1912 and in 1914 The Chesham Palace started up in The Broadway. Both showed silent films. By 1920 the Empire had closed. In 1930 the Chesham Palace was refurbished to show the new 'talkies' and reopened as The Astoria which remained in business until 1959 when the arrival of television forced it to close. The Embassy in Germain Street opened in 1935 and survived until 1982, closing due to competition from cinemas in nearby towns. The Elgiva Theatre, completed in 1976 beside St Mary's Way, was equipped to show films and on moving to a new site just across the road in 1998 state of the art projection equipment was installed in the new theatre (see image below).<span about="#mwt78" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation book\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":"Foxell, Clive, (2010). The Ten Cinemas of Chesham. Chesham England: Clive Foxell. ISBN 978-0-9564178-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[24098,24255,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt79\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Foxell"},"first":{"wt":"Clive, "},"title":{"wt":"The Ten Cinemas of Chesham"},"year":{"wt":"2010 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Clive Foxell "},"location":{"wt":"Chesham England "},"isbn":{"wt":"978-0-9564178-0-0"}}}\">Foxell, Clive, (2010). The Ten Cinemas of Chesham. Chesham England: Clive Foxell. <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./International_Standard_Book_Number\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}\">ISBN</a> <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0"},"stx":"piped"}\">978-0-9564178-0-0</a>. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-22-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[22]","dsr":[24093,24261,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a>

Geography

The town is located in the Chess Valley and is 11 miles south-east of the county town of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24366,24379,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a> and is situated 25 miles (40 km) north west of central London. It is the fourth largest town in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ceremonial" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ceremonial"},"sa":{"href":"ceremonial"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24485,24499,2,2]}'>ceremonial</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./County" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./County"},"sa":{"href":"county"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24500,24510,2,2]}'>county</a> of Buckinghamshire and the largest in Chiltern District, with a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Population" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Population"},"sa":{"href":"population"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24575,24589,2,2]}'>population</a> of some 20,343<span about="#mwt81" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792123&c=chesham&d=16&e=15&g=424566&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257505865984&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":24788,"dsr":[24609,24814,179,1]}\">ONS data from 2001 Census</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-23-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[23]","dsr":[24604,24820,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> people behind <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Milton_Keynes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Milton_Keynes"},"sa":{"href":"Milton Keynes"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24835,24852,2,2]}'>Milton Keynes</a> with 184,500, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./High_Wycombe" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./High_Wycombe"},"sa":{"href":"High Wycombe"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24867,24883,2,2]}'>High Wycombe</a> with 118,200 and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24901,24914,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a> with 69,200. Nearby <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[24935,24947,2,2]}'>Amersham</a> has 17,719.

Topography and geology

Chesham is located in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_Hills" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_Hills"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern Hills"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25016,25034,2,2]}'>Chiltern Hills</a> and from its lowest point of 295 feet above sea level rises up valley sides. It lies at the confluence of four dry valleys formed by the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Meltwater" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Meltwater"},"sa":{"href":"meltwater"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25172,25185,2,2]}'>meltwater</a> at the end of the last <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ice_age" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ice_age"},"sa":{"href":"ice age"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25209,25220,2,2]}'>ice age</a> which deposited onto the bed rock of chalk, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alluvial" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alluvial"},"sa":{"href":"alluvial"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25265,25277,2,2]}'>alluvial</a> gravels, silts, on which the town now sits. Subsequent periods of subsidence and submergence deposited clays and flints.<span about="#mwt84" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.hertsgeolsoc.ology.org.uk/IntroToHertsGeology.htm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":25465,"dsr":[25403,25540,62,1]}\">Introduction to Geology - Chilterns Herts Geological Society June 7, 2008 </a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-24-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[24]","dsr":[25398,25546,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Chess" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Chess"},"sa":{"href":"River Chess"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25552,25567,2,2]}'>River Chess</a> is a chalk-stream which rises from three springs; to the north-west along the Pednor Vale at Frogmoor, at Higham Mead to the north of the town, and to the west near the Amersham Road which converge in the town near to East Street.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a> Prior to the 19th century the Chess was known as the Isene relating to the iron-charged spring waters feeding it. Today the streams are <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Culvert" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Culvert"},"sa":{"href":"culvert"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[25959,25972,2,4],"tail":"ed"}'>culverted</a> and conducted below street level before emerging at Waterside and flowing in a south easterly direction towards Latimer. From there it flows to the north of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chenies" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chenies"},"sa":{"href":"Chenies"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[26130,26141,2,2]}'>Chenies</a> and on towards <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Rickmansworth" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Rickmansworth"},"sa":{"href":"Rickmansworth"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[26157,26174,2,2]}'>Rickmansworth</a> after which it joins the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Colne,_Hertfordshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Colne,_Hertfordshire"},"sa":{"href":"River Colne, Hertfordshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[26200,26242,29,2]}'>River Colne</a>.

Built environment and social geography

Chesham developed as a market town which prospered through its manufacturing industries fuelled by a series of mills which sprung up along the River Chess. Until the 19th century the town was centred to the south-eastern end of the present High Street. Most of the present-day town centre's development took place during Victorian times. The 'old town', particularly Church and Germain Street, has been well preserved and now designated a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Conservation_area" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Conservation_area"},"sa":{"href":"conservation area"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[26730,26751,2,2]}'>conservation area</a>. it includes a number of impressive residential, institutional and commercial buildings that largely survived Victorian 'improvement'. The 12th century St Mary's Church, which underwent refurbishment and redesign by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./George_Gilbert_Scott" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./George_Gilbert_Scott"},"sa":{"href":"George Gilbert Scott"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[26968,26992,2,2]}'>George Gilbert Scott</a> in the 19th century. 'The Bury', a Queen Anne <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Town_house" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Town_house"},"sa":{"href":"town house"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[27039,27053,2,2]}'>town house</a> was built in 1712 for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)"},"sa":{"href":"William Lowndes (British politician)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[27076,27132,39,2]}'>William Lowndes</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secretary_to_the_Treasury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secretary_to_the_Treasury"},"sa":{"href":"Secretary to the Treasury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[27133,27162,2,2]}'>Secretary to the Treasury</a>. Chesham had two <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Workhouse" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Workhouse"},"sa":{"href":"workhouse"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[27180,27194,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>workhouses</a>, both buildings survived and are located in Germain Street. In June 2009 the Chesham town centre and old town conservation area was placed on the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./English_Heritage" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./English_Heritage"},"sa":{"href":"English Heritage"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[27341,27361,2,2]}'>English Heritage</a> Conservation Areas at Risk register which the District Council commented was due to the misinterpretation of its responses to the conservation body's questionnaire.<span about="#mwt89" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.20516\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":27589,"dsr":[27531,27663,58,1]}\">English Heritage National Survey of Conservation Areas at Risk, June 2009</a> Retrieved, 1 July 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-25-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[25]","dsr":[27526,27692,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><span about="#mwt90" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2009/06/chesham-conservation-area-safe.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":27789,"dsr":[27697,27850,92,1]}\">Chesham conservation area 'safe' Bucks Examiner 29 June 2009</a>, Retrieved, 1 July 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-26-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[26]","dsr":[27692,27880,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Due to the pattern of the town's expansion there are several centres of employment which are interspersed with residential housing. Industrial buildings on the north side of the town have been redeveloped into offices in recent years.<span about="#mwt91" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/downloads/Chiltern_District_Core_Strategy_Submission_Document_Jan_2011.pdf\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":28259,"dsr":[28143,28334,116,1]}\">Core Strategy for Chiltern District Chiltern District Council January 2011</a>, Retrieved 28_05_2011"},"attrs":{"name":"CDCcorestrategy"}}' id="cite_ref-CDCcorestrategy-27-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[27]","dsr":[28115,28362,28,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-CDCcorestrategy-27">[27]</a>

<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"left","ak":"left"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"St Mary's Church"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":1412,"w":1080},"dsr":[28363,28429,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg"},"dsr":[28365,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg/138px-Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg" height="180" width="138" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_St_Marys_Church_2.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham St Marys Church 2.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,28427,null,null]}'>St Mary's Church</figcaption></figure>

The population more than doubled from 4000 to 9000 during the 19th century. As a consequence the centre of the town shifted to the east as shops, workshops and cottages sprung up along the High Street and Berkhampstead Road. In the period after the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Second_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Second_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"Second World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[28680,28700,2,2]}'>Second World War</a> the town centre was progressively redeveloped. In the 1960s St Mary's Way was constructed, rerouting the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./A416_road" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./A416_road"},"sa":{"href":"A416 road"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[28806,28824,12,2]}'>A416</a> around the congested High Street which avoided the need to widen the street, conserved its character and allowed for its pedestrianisation during the 1990s. Industrial development became centred on two areas. At the southern end of the town at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waterside" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waterside"},"sa":{"href":"Waterside"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[29069,29082,2,2]}'>Waterside</a> which was the site of the first mills and factories in the 18th and 19th centuries there is a mixture of original and newly constructed industrial units and at the northern end along the Asheridge Vale there is a further development of generally small commercial business units.

Compared to other towns in south Buckinghamshire, there are fewer detached and owner-occupied houses and a higher proportion of social rental accommodation.<a href="#cite_note-CDCcorestrategy-27">[27]</a> Expansion in housing has occurred in several phases mainly to the east of the old town where <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Artisan" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Artisan"},"sa":{"href":"artisan"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[29642,29653,2,2]}'>artisan</a>'s housing sprung up along Berkhamsted Road and subsequently along the many steep valley sides. Initially this development was as a consequence of the extension of the railway to the town in the 1880s, subsequently the promotion of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metro-land" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metro-land"},"sa":{"href":"Metro-land"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[29885,29909,13,2]}'>Metroland</a> during the 1920s and the electrification of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Line"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[29959,29980,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Line</a> in the 1960s. Pond Park estate was built in the 1930s. The population grew fast after the Second World War as workers followed employers who moved out from London. The population in 1951 was 11,500 leading to the building of the Chessmount and Hilltop estates by speculative developers in the 1950s and 60s. By 1971 the population had reached 20,000 since when it has only increased slightly. The growing popularity of the Chilterns as a place to live from the latter part of the 20th century onwards led to restrictions on housing and industrial development in the Chilterns <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty"},"sa":{"href":"Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[30558,30596,2,2]}'>Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> and has sustained the demand for further house building in the town. Today an increasing number of those in employment find work outside the town, commuting by car or train as well as an increasing number who are home or office-based using technology to make a living.

Climate

Chesham experiences an <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Oceanic_climate" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Oceanic_climate"},"sa":{"href":"oceanic climate"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[30904,30923,2,2]}'>oceanic climate</a> (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Köppen_climate_classification" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Köppen_climate_classification"},"sa":{"href":"Köppen climate classification"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[30925,30958,2,2]}'>Köppen climate classification</a> Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom, although the lower parts of the valley have significant frost hollow characteristics - being several degrees colder than surrounding areas on clear, calm nights and so have much lower average minimum temperatures than shown in the table. The lowest recorded temperature in Chesham was -19.6°C on the 20 December 2010 at a private weather station, which was also the coldest place in the UK.<span about="#mwt96" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation news\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":""Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature". bbc.co.uk. BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20.","dsr":[31408,31645,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt98\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite news","href":"./Template:Cite_news"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023"},"title":{"wt":"Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature"},"date":{"wt":"20 December 2010"},"work":{"wt":"bbc.co.uk"},"publisher":{"wt":"BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks"},"accessdate":{"wt":"2010-12-20"}}}\"><a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":92,"a":{"href":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023"},"sa":{"href":"lace\\n%7Ccountry = England\\n|latitude= 5"}}\">\"Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature\"</a>. bbc.co.uk (BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks). 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-28-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[28]","dsr":[31403,31651,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> On 12 February 2012, the coldest day in Britain since December 2010, temperatures in Chesham fell to -18.3°C again the lowest in the country.<span about="#mwt97" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation news\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":""CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures". telegraph.co.uk. Daily Telegraph. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12.","dsr":[31798,32110,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt99\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite news","href":"./Template:Cite_news"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html"},"title":{"wt":"CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures"},"date":{"wt":"12 February 2012"},"work":{"wt":"telegraph.co.uk"},"publisher":{"wt":"Daily Telegraph"},"accessdate":{"wt":"2012-02-12"}}}\"><a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":153,"a":{"href":"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html"},"sa":{"href":"lace\\n%7Ccountry = England\\n|latitude= 51.703\\n|longitude= -0.602\\n|official_name= "}}\">\"CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures\"</a>. telegraph.co.uk (<a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./Daily_Telegraph\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./Daily_Telegraph"},"sa":{"href":"Daily Telegraph"},"stx":"simple"}\">Daily Telegraph</a>). 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-29-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[29]","dsr":[31793,32116,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a>

Climate data for Chesham
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	8 (46)	9 (48)	12 (54)	14 (57)	18 (64)	21 (70)	23 (73)	23 (73)	20 (68)	16 (61)	11 (52)	8 (46)	15.3 (59.3)
Average low °C (°F)	2 (36)	3 (37)	4 (39)	5 (41)	8 (46)	11 (52)	13 (55)	13 (55)	10 (50)	7 (45)	4 (39)	3 (37)	6.9 (44.3)
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Precipitation_(meteorology)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Precipitation_(meteorology)"},"sa":{"href":"Precipitation (meteorology)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Precipitation</a> mm (inches)	50.8 (2)	44.4 (1.748)	42.9 (1.689)	51.1 (2.012)	51.7 (2.035)	46.1 (1.815)	43.9 (1.728)	74.9 (2.949)	50.1 (1.972)	66.8 (2.63)	61.8 (2.433)	57.5 (2.264)	642 (25.275)
Source: World Weather Online<span about="#mwt183" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Chesham-weather-averages/Buckinghamshire/GB.aspx\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":111,"a":{"href":"http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Chesham-weather-averages/Buckinghamshire/GB.aspx"},"sa":{"href":"place\\n%7Ccountry = England\\n\|latitude= 51.703\\n\|longitude= "}}\">\"World Weather Online Averages for Chesham 2007-08\"</a>.  <a rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"./MSN\" data-parsoid=\"{"a":{"href":"./MSN"},"sa":{"href":"MSN"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4910,4917,2,2]}\">MSN</a> Retrieved 2013-03-16"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-30-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[31]"}'><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a>

Neighbourhoods and wards

The town comprises the following communities:

Asheridge Vale, stretches along Asheridge Road on the north-west edge of the town. The large housing development was built during the mid 20th century along with an industrial estate comprising manufacturing and light industrial units which has since undergone diversification into offices and small businesses. Also a town council <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wards_of_the_United_Kingdom"},"sa":{"href":"Wards of the United Kingdom"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[33695,33731,30,2]}'>ward</a>.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Botley,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Botley,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Botley, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[33738,33772,26,2]}'>Botley</a>, a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hamlet_(place)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hamlet_(place)"},"sa":{"href":"hamlet (place)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[33779,33804,17,2]}'>hamlet</a> located to the east of the town of Chesham between Lye Green and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ley_Hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ley_Hill"},"sa":{"href":"Ley Hill"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[33870,33882,2,2]}'>Ley Hill</a> (the latter in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Latimer, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[33898,33941,27,2]}'>Latimer parish</a>). Part of Townsend ward.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Vale" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Vale"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Vale"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[33972,33988,2,2]}'>Chesham Vale</a>, area on the northern edge of the town on the road to the villages of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hawridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hawridge"},"sa":{"href":"Hawridge"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[34062,34074,2,2]}'>Hawridge</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cholesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cholesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Cholesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[34079,34093,2,2]}'>Cholesbury</a>. Also a town council ward called Vale.
Chessmount, area to the east of the town centre. Part of Waterside ward.
Codmore, ancient hamlet located to the north-east of the town centre, at the junction between the roads to Lye Green and Botley. Part of Hilltop ward.
Great Hivings, an area to the north of Chesham on the road to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bellingdon" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bellingdon"},"sa":{"href":"Bellingdon"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[34449,34463,2,2]}'>Bellingdon</a> (the latter in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chartridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chartridge"},"sa":{"href":"Chartridge"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[34479,34511,13,2]}'>Chartridge parish</a>). Part of the ward called Ridgeway.
Hilltop, residential area to the north-east of the town built on steeply sloping ground. The estate, built in 1958 after the arrival of the Metropolitan line, consists primarily of steel framed bungalows, many of which were originally purchased by west Londoners. Also the name of a town council ward.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lye_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lye_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Lye Green"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[34869,34882,2,2]}'>Lye Green</a>, hamlet located to the north east of the main town. Part of Newtown ward.
Lowndes, residential area which includes the Chiltern Hills Academy School, close to the centre of the town, adjacent to Lowndes Park. Also a town council ward.

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","img":{"h":480,"w":640},"dsr":[35129,35238,2,2]}'><a href="./File:River_Chess_at_Waterside,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:River_Chess_at_Waterside,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg"},"dsr":[35131,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:River_Chess_at_Waterside,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/River_Chess_at_Waterside%2C_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg/180px-River_Chess_at_Waterside%2C_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:River_Chess_at_Waterside,_Chesham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407585.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:River Chess at Waterside, Chesham - geograph.org.uk - 407585.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,35236,null,null]}'>Waterside and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Chess" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Chess"},"sa":{"href":"River Chess"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[35221,35236,2,2]}'>River Chess</a></figcaption></figure>

Newtown, late Victorian housing development to the north of the town, now incorporated into the enlarged townscape. Also a town council ward.
Old Town, until the arrival of the Metropolitan Railway in the 19th century was the town's centre. Today, St Mary's Church, the historic houses and streetscape are part of a designated Conservation Area lying to the south of the present town centre with which it comprises St. Mary's ward.
Pednormead End, an area to the west of the main town, along Missenden Road. Part of St. Mary's ward.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pond_Park" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pond_Park"},"sa":{"href":"Pond Park"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[35808,35821,2,2]}'>Pond Park</a>, an area comprising post 2nd World War housing to the north of the town. Part of the Ridgeway Ward.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Townsend" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Townsend"},"sa":{"href":"Townsend"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[35930,35942,2,2]}'>Townsend</a>, Victorian extension to the town comprising commercial premises, later 20th century residential developments and Chesham Grammar School. Also a town council ward.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Waterside, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[36115,36155,29,2]}'>Waterside</a>, once a hamlet located just south of the town centre. Several mills sprung up along the River Chess which flows through the area as well as factories. It still retains a distinct character with a large open space known as the Moor. Also a town council ward.

<figure typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"width","ak":"125px"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham War Memorial"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":1333,"w":618,"wdset":true},"dsr":[36417,36484,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg"},"dsr":[36419,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg/83px-Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg" height="180" width="83" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_War_Memorial.jpg","width":"83"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham War Memorial.jpg","width":"125"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,36482,null,null]}'>Chesham War Memorial</figcaption></figure>

Landmarks

Clock tower

A <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Clock_tower" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Clock_tower"},"sa":{"href":"clock tower"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[36521,36536,2,2]}'>clock tower</a> constructed in 1992 stands in Market Square on the site of Chesham’s 18th-century town hall demolished in 1965. The turret is a reconstruction of the one built onto the original town hall in the 19th century and features the original glass-dialled clock face and clock mechanism from the mid 19th century. (see info box).<span about="#mwt103" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Open_Spaces/Clock_Tower.aspx\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":36919,"dsr":[36863,36944,56,1]}\">Chesham Town Clock Tower</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-31-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[32]","dsr":[36858,36950,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a>

War memorial

Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./War_memorial" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./War_memorial"},"sa":{"href":"war memorial"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[36979,36995,2,2]}'>war memorial</a> stands in a landscaped garden in the Broadway. It depicts an <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Infantryman" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Infantryman"},"sa":{"href":"infantryman"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[37057,37072,2,2]}'>infantryman</a> with his rifle inverted and commemorates those who fell during the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./First_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./First_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"First World War"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[37140,37165,18,2]}'>First</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Second_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Second_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"Second World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[37170,37191,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Second World Wars</a>. it was unveiled in 1921. The inscription reads:- To The Glorious Memory Of The Men Of The Town Who Gave Their Lives And To Honour: All Who Served Or Suffered In Cause Of God King And Country Their Deeds Live After Them Faithful Unto Death.<span about="#mwt105" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/Chesham.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":37505,"dsr":[37445,37545,60,1]}\">Chesham War Memorial and Roll of Honour</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-32-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[33]","dsr":[37440,37551,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a>

Economy

Agriculture

There is evidence during the pre-Norman period of common fields divided into parcels and strips of land. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Domesday_Book" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Domesday_Book"},"sa":{"href":"Domesday Book"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[37693,37710,2,2]}'>Domesday Book</a> records Chesham with sufficient arable land to support four <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Water_wheel" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Water_wheel"},"sa":{"href":"Water wheel"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[37771,37800,14,2]}'>water-powered</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Corn_mill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Corn_mill"},"sa":{"href":"corn mill"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[37801,37815,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>corn mills</a> on the River Chess producing a surplus of flour exported to London. There was woodland to feed over 1600 pigs and supply timber for local manufacturing of farm tools (ploughshares). Field <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Enclosure" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Enclosure"},"sa":{"href":"enclosure"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[38004,38017,2,2]}'>enclosure</a> started in the early 16th century and although almost completed by the mid 19th century the productivity of Chesham farms provided work for over 450 agricultural labourers. Sheep that grazed on the hillside fields around Chesham provided wool for the cloth making and dying cottage industry which, due to the town's proximity to London, thrived until the 18th century when Yorkshire mills out-competed them.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt 1977-5">[5]</a>

Industrial Revolution

Until the 18th century the economic activity of Chesham had remained largely unchanged since the granting of its town charter in 1257. The commercial planting of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Beech" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Beech"},"sa":{"href":"beech"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[38640,38654,2,7],"tail":"woods"}'>beechwoods</a> established Chesham as one of a number local centres in the Chilterns for the production of turned <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Furniture" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Furniture"},"sa":{"href":"furniture"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[38754,38767,2,2]}'>furniture</a> components and other wooden items often called <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bodging" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bodging"},"sa":{"href":"bodging"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[38815,38826,2,2]}'>bodging</a>, in local workshops. Mills along the Chess concerned with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Papermaking" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Papermaking"},"sa":{"href":"papermaking"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[38885,38900,2,2]}'>papermaking</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Silk" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Silk"},"sa":{"href":"silk"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[38905,38926,7,2]}'>silk weaving</a> continued to operate until the middle of the 19th century as did 'outworkers' engaged in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lace" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lace"},"sa":{"href":"lace"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[39016,39036,7,2]}'>lace making</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Straw_plaiting" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Straw_plaiting"},"sa":{"href":"straw plaiting"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39041,39059,2,2]}'>straw plaiting</a> whose employment was impacted on by changes in fashion, by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mechanization" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mechanization"},"sa":{"href":"mechanization"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39119,39136,2,2]}'>mechanization</a> and from cheaper imports from the continent. The mineral-laden unpolluted water of the Chess made it ideal for growing <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Watercress" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Watercress"},"sa":{"href":"watercress"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39256,39270,2,2]}'>watercress</a> and this industry flourished in Chesham in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Victorian_era" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Victorian_era"},"sa":{"href":"Victorian era"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39318,39335,2,2]}'>Victorian era</a> and beds extended along the Chess towards <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Latimer, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[39378,39414,27,2]}'>Latimer</a>, which continued in operation until after the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Second_World_War" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Second_World_War"},"sa":{"href":"Second World War"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39461,39481,2,2]}'>Second World War</a>.

Manufacturing and brewing

In the 18th century home-based <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Leather" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Leather"},"sa":{"href":"leather"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39547,39558,2,2]}'>leather</a> trade workers moved to a newly opened Barnes Boot factory and the Britannia Boot and Shoe Works towards the end of the 19th century by which time there were eight major manufacturers and many small workshops. In 1829 Beechwoods <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Brush" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Brush"},"sa":{"href":"brush"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39787,39802,2,8],"tail":"making"}'>brushmaking</a> factory was opened. At its height there were around 12 factories specialising in brush made from locally grown beech with bristles imported mainly from across Asia. The adoption of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Nylon" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Nylon"},"sa":{"href":"nylon"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[39984,39993,2,2]}'>nylon</a> for brushes was the cause of the downturn with only one manufacturer remaining today. Russell's Brushes still make brushes in Chesham. Nash's Chesham Brewery opened in the High Street in 1841. Two other notable rivals were Darvell's Brewery and Sarah Howe and Sons. Competition led to amalgamations around the start of the 20th century although brewing continued at Chesham Brewery until the 1950s.<span about="#mwt109" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rglxG7g4CNgC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=chesham+brewery&source=web&ots=pzykstbJld&sig=I5-CVnDTWB9pyNGjgcKvbVEGtbE&hl=en#PPA252,M1\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":40559,"dsr":[40398,40603,161,1]}\">Brewers in Hertfordshire - Chesham Chap 34 </a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-33-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[34]","dsr":[40393,40609,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a>

Commerce today

<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Pedestrianised High Street"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":480,"w":640},"dsr":[40632,40725,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham,_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham,_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg"},"dsr":[40634,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham,_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Chesham%2C_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg/180px-Chesham%2C_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham,_High_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131866.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham, High Street - geograph.org.uk - 131866.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,40723,null,null]}'>Pedestrianised High Street</figcaption></figure>

Today Chesham has a diverse economic base comprising many typically small-medium sized enterprises representing all business sectors. Within the two industrial parks light engineering and fabrication industry is to be found alongside printers and graphic designers or other technology-based firms, wholesalers, distribution and courier businesses. As elsewhere there has been an expansion of professional business services and consultancies. The pedestrianised High Street retains some of the character of the old market town with some long-established traditional family retailers and also features a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Street_market" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Street_market"},"sa":{"href":"street market"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[41328,41345,2,2]}'>street market</a> on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This individuality was recognised in a survey of town 'high streets' which gave Chesham good marks for its distinctiveness.<span about="#mwt112" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4606587.stm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":41552,"dsr":[41503,41605,49,1]}\">Chesham rated for its High Streets's distinctiveness</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-34-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[35]","dsr":[41498,41611,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> There are two of the 'big five' supermarkets present which have impacted on the town's independent stores and all retail outlets have also to compete with other nearby town centres, at Amersham, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Berkhamsted" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Berkhamsted"},"sa":{"href":"Berkhamsted"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[41808,41823,2,2]}'>Berkhamsted</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Tring" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Tring"},"sa":{"href":"Tring"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[41828,41837,2,2]}'>Tring</a> as well as the large shopping centres in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./High_Wycombe" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./High_Wycombe"},"sa":{"href":"High Wycombe"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[41879,41895,2,2]}'>High Wycombe</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Watford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Watford"},"sa":{"href":"Watford"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[41897,41908,2,2]}'>Watford</a> and Milton Keynes.

Governance

Parliamentary representation

From 1950 to 1974 the town was part of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_Buckinghamshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_Buckinghamshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"South Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42019,42095,53,2]}'>South Buckinghamshire</a> constituency; since boundary changes made ahead of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974"},"sa":{"href":"United Kingdom general election, February 1974"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42151,42232,49,2]}'>February 1974 general election</a> Chesham has been in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42257,42329,52,2]}'>Chesham & Amersham</a> constituency. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"left","ak":"left"},{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham Town Hall"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":2736,"w":3648},"dsr":[42344,42403,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG"},"dsr":[42346,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG/180px-Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Town_Hall.JPG"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham Town Hall.JPG"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,42401,null,null]}'>Chesham Town Hall</figcaption></figure>The current constituency is solidly <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Conservative_Party_(UK)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Conservative_Party_(UK)"},"sa":{"href":"Conservative Party (UK)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42439,42479,26,2]}'>Conservative</a>, and has never returned a non-Tory candidate. The current MP is <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cheryl_Gillan" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cheryl_Gillan"},"sa":{"href":"Cheryl Gillan"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[42544,42561,2,2]}'>Cheryl Gillan</a>. The Conservative Party again won the constituency at the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010"},"sa":{"href":"United Kingdom general election, 2010"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42621,42684,40,2]}'>2010 general election</a> with a 60.4% share of the vote; the next most popular party were the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Liberal_Democrats" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Liberal_Democrats"},"sa":{"href":"Liberal Democrats"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[42754,42775,2,2]}'>Liberal Democrats</a>, represented by Tim Starkey, with 28.5% of the vote and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Labour_Party_(UK)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Labour_Party_(UK)"},"sa":{"href":"Labour Party (UK)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[42832,42860,20,2]}'>Labour</a>, Anthony Gajadharsingh with 5.6%. Local turnout at the last election was 74.6%.

Local government

Chesham formed part of Amersham Poor Law Union from 1835 and Amersham Rural Sanitary District from 1875. From 1884 the town was administered by the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_sanitary_districts_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_sanitary_districts_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of sanitary districts in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[43113,43196,48,2]}'>Chesham Local Government District</a>, which was succeeded in 1894 by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Urban_District" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Urban_District"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Urban District"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[43229,43255,2,2]}'>Chesham Urban District</a> under the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Local_Government_Act_1894" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Local_Government_Act_1894"},"sa":{"href":"Local Government Act 1894"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[43266,43295,2,2]}'>Local Government Act 1894</a>.<figure typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"width","ak":"150px"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham Town crest"}],"cacheKey":"

File:Chesham Town Crest 01.jpg

Chesham Town crest

","img":{"h":2430,"w":1920,"wdset":true},"dsr":[43296,43361,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg"},"dsr":[43298,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg/142px-Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg" height="180" width="142" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Town_Crest_01.jpg","width":"142"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham Town Crest 01.jpg","width":"150"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,43359,null,null]}'>Chesham Town crest</figcaption></figure> When the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Local_Government_Act_1972" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Local_Government_Act_1972"},"sa":{"href":"Local Government Act 1972"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[43371,43400,2,2]}'>Local Government Act 1972</a> came into effect on 1 April 1974 the urban district was abolished in favour of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_(district)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_(district)"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern (district)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[43484,43525,22,2]}'>Chiltern district</a> and the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Civil_parishes_in_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Civil_parishes_in_England"},"sa":{"href":"Civil parishes in England"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[43534,43576,28,2]}'>civil parish</a> was given <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Town_council" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Town_council"},"sa":{"href":"town council"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[43587,43603,2,2]}'>town council</a> status. At town council level, Chesham is divided into 9 electoral wards and 19 councillors. The political composition of the council as at May 2011 was: Liberal Democrat 10; Conservative 7; and Independent 2. A town mayor is elected by the council on an annual basis.

Town crest

The various colours of the Chesham Town crest, created in 1974, are the same as those of Buckinghamshire County arms. The Chiltern woodlands are denoted by two beech trees. The river Chess is recognised in the black and white chequers and rooks. The swan is inherited from the Dukes of Buckingham. The lilies relate to St Mary, patron saint of the parish church. The buck's head is borrowed from the arms of The Cavendish family, which owned most of the parish lands. The motto is from the Epistle to the Galatians, Chapter V, Verse 13.<span about="#mwt115" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/thames_valley_chilterns.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":44494,"dsr":[44433,44541,61,1]}\">Civic Heraldry of Thames Valley – Chesham Town</a> Accessed 18 September 2010"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-35-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[36]","dsr":[44428,44574,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a>

Public services

Utilities

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Veolia_Water_Central" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Veolia_Water_Central"},"sa":{"href":"Veolia Water Central"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[44613,44637,2,2]}'>Veolia Water Central</a> supplies <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Drinking_water" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Drinking_water"},"sa":{"href":"drinking water"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[44647,44665,2,2]}'>drinking water</a> to the town extracted from the River Chess and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Misbourne" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Misbourne"},"sa":{"href":"River Misbourne"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[44713,44742,18,2]}'>Misbourne</a> and from <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aquifers" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aquifers"},"sa":{"href":"aquifers"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[44752,44764,2,2]}'>aquifers</a> in the Chiltern Hills. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thames_Water" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thames_Water"},"sa":{"href":"Thames Water"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[44788,44804,2,2]}'>Thames Water</a> undertakes <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waste_water" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waste_water"},"sa":{"href":"waste water"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[44816,44831,2,2]}'>waste water</a> treatment and has a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Sewage_treatment" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Sewage_treatment"},"sa":{"href":"sewage treatment"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[44852,44895,19,2]}'>sewage treatment works</a> beside the River Chess on Latimer Road to the south of the town. Chiltern District Council is responsible for <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waste_management" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waste_management"},"sa":{"href":"waste management"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45006,45026,2,2]}'>waste management</a> and collection and disposal is currently carried out on its behalf by Verdant Group plc. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./EDF_Energy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./EDF_Energy"},"sa":{"href":"EDF Energy"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45116,45130,2,2]}'>EDF Energy</a> provides <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Distribution_Network_Operator" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Distribution_Network_Operator"},"sa":{"href":"Distribution Network Operator"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[45140,45192,32,2]}'>electricity supply</a> for the town.

Health services

Buckinghamshire <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./NHS_Primary_Care_Trust" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./NHS_Primary_Care_Trust"},"sa":{"href":"NHS Primary Care Trust"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45246,45272,2,2]}'>NHS Primary Care Trust</a> (PCT) has overall responsibility for provision of health services to the local community. Since the closure of the town's cottage hospital in 2004 the nearest hospitals are <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham_Hospital" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham_Hospital"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham Hospital"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45446,45467,2,2]}'>Amersham Hospital</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wycombe_General_Hospital" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wycombe_General_Hospital"},"sa":{"href":"Wycombe General Hospital"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45469,45497,2,2]}'>Wycombe General Hospital</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Stoke_Mandeville_Hospital" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Stoke_Mandeville_Hospital"},"sa":{"href":"Stoke Mandeville Hospital"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45503,45532,2,2]}'>Stoke Mandeville Hospital</a> the latter providing <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Accident_and_emergency" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Accident_and_emergency"},"sa":{"href":"accident and emergency"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[45554,45580,2,2]}'>accident and emergency</a> services. After several years of uncertainty, in 2008 the PCT confirmed it was proceeding with the Chesham Healthzone Project. Planning approval was granted by the District Council in June 2009 for the purpose-built health facility comprising, two GP practices, a pharmacy, consulting, clinical and treatment rooms. Originally scheduled to open in 2010, phase 1 of the Chess Medical Centre opened in December 2011.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham Fire Station"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":426,"w":640},"dsr":[45995,46082,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg"},"dsr":[45997,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg/180px-Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg" height="120" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_fire_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279721.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham fire station - geograph.org.uk - 279721.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,46080,null,null]}'>Chesham Fire Station</figcaption></figure><span about="#mwt119" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2009/06/thumbs-up-for-chesham-healthzo.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":46179,"dsr":[46087,46240,92,1]}\">Thumbs up for Chesham Healthzone Bucks Examiner June 12 2009</a> Retrieved, June 14, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-36-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[37]","dsr":[46082,46271,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><span about="#mwt120" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckspct.nhs.uk/?page_id=158\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":46317,"dsr":[46276,46360,41,1]}\">Chesham Healthzone project - Bucks NHS PCT</a> Retrieved, May 19, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-37-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[38]","dsr":[46271,46390,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><span about="#mwt121" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2011/12/cheshams-healthzone-to-open-it.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":46487,"dsr":[46395,46563,92,1]}\">Chesham's Healthzone to open its doors this month Bucks Examiner 02-12-2011</a> Retrieved, 06-12-2011"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-38-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[39]","dsr":[46390,46591,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a>

Emergency services

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thames_Valley_Police" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thames_Valley_Police"},"sa":{"href":"Thames Valley Police"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46618,46642,2,2]}'>Thames Valley Police</a> headquartered in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Kidlington" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Kidlington"},"sa":{"href":"Kidlington"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46660,46674,2,2]}'>Kidlington</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Oxfordshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Oxfordshire"},"sa":{"href":"Oxfordshire"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46676,46691,2,2]}'>Oxfordshire</a> is accountable for delivery of policing through the town's three <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Neighbourhood_Policing_Team" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Neighbourhood_Policing_Team"},"sa":{"href":"Neighbourhood Policing Team"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46757,46789,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Neighbourhood Policing Teams</a>. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46791,46834,2,2]}'>Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service</a> based in Aylesbury oversees the town's fire and rescue services. There is a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Fire_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Fire_station"},"sa":{"href":"fire station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[46911,46927,2,2]}'>fire station</a> located in Bellingdon Road which is supplemented by services from the station at Amersham and other nearby towns. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ambulance" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ambulance"},"sa":{"href":"Ambulance"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47042,47055,2,2]}'>Ambulance</a> services are managed by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_Central_Ambulance_Service" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_Central_Ambulance_Service"},"sa":{"href":"South Central Ambulance Service"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[47080,47157,34,2]}'>South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust</a> based in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bicester" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bicester"},"sa":{"href":"Bicester"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47167,47179,2,2]}'>Bicester</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Oxford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Oxford"},"sa":{"href":"Oxford"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47181,47191,2,2]}'>Oxford</a>. The nearest <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ambulance_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ambulance_station"},"sa":{"href":"ambulance station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47205,47226,2,2]}'>ambulance station</a> for the town is located in Amersham.

Religion

<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"left","ak":"left"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Salvation Army Citadel"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":480,"w":640},"dsr":[47278,47398,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham,_The_Salvation_Army_Hall,_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham,_The_Salvation_Army_Hall,_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg"},"dsr":[47280,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham,_The_Salvation_Army_Hall,_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Chesham%2C_The_Salvation_Army_Hall%2C_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg/180px-Chesham%2C_The_Salvation_Army_Hall%2C_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham,_The_Salvation_Army_Hall,_Broad_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_131890.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"File:Chesham, The Salvation Army Hall, Broad Street - geograph.org.uk - 131890.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,47396,null,null]}'>Salvation Army Citadel</figcaption></figure>

The oldest <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Church_(building)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Church_(building)"},"sa":{"href":"church (building)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[47410,47438,20,2]}'>church</a> building in Chesham is <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./St._Mary's_Church,_Chesham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./St._Mary's_Church,_Chesham"},"sa":{"href":"St. Mary's Church, Chesham"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[47462,47510,29,2]}'>St. Mary's Church</a> which dates from at least the 12th century. Chesham has a long history of religious <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dissent" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dissent"},"sa":{"href":"dissent"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47595,47606,2,2]}'>dissent</a>, such as the persecuted <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lollardy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lollardy"},"sa":{"href":"Lollardy"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[47631,47652,11,2]}'>Lollards</a>, followers of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./John_Wycliffe" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./John_Wycliffe"},"sa":{"href":"John Wycliffe"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47671,47688,2,2]}'>John Wycliffe</a> tradition. One of them <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thomas_Harding" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thomas_Harding"},"sa":{"href":"Thomas Harding"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47713,47731,2,2]}'>Thomas Harding</a> was martyred on White Hill, near Dungrove Farm, in 1532. There is a memorial to local Lollards in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47830,47842,2,2]}'>Amersham</a>, and memorials to Thomas Harding in the churchyard and on White Hill. The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries saw the rapid growth of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Non-conformism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Non-conformism"},"sa":{"href":"non-conformism"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[47972,47990,2,2]}'>non-conformism</a> especially <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Baptists" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Baptists"},"sa":{"href":"Baptists"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48002,48014,2,2]}'>Baptists</a>. During the civil war there were groups of Quakers, Baptists and Presbyterians. Broadway Baptist Church dates back to at least 1706 and had its 300th anniversary celebrations in Chesham in 2006. Its roots are in the Chesham and Berkhamsted Baptist Church which dates back to 1640.

In the present day, Chesham has four Baptist churches (Broadway Baptist, Trinity Baptist, Newtown Baptist and Hivings Free Church) and three <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Anglican" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Anglican"},"sa":{"href":"Anglican"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48441,48453,2,2]}'>Anglican</a> churches (St Mary's, Christ Church in Waterside and Emmanuel in Newtown). <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham Mosque"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":480,"w":640},"dsr":[48528,48577,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Mosque.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Mosque.jpg"},"dsr":[48530,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Mosque.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Chesham_Mosque.jpg/180px-Chesham_Mosque.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Mosque.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham Mosque.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,48575,null,null]}'>Chesham Mosque</figcaption></figure>There is a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./United_Reformed_Church" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./United_Reformed_Church"},"sa":{"href":"United Reformed Church"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48588,48614,2,2]}'>United Reformed Church</a>, formerly called the Congregational Church, in The Broadway, there was a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Gospel_Hall" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Gospel_Hall"},"sa":{"href":"Gospel Hall"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48688,48703,2,2]}'>Gospel Hall</a> in Station Road (which closed at the end of 2008), a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Roman_Catholic" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Roman_Catholic"},"sa":{"href":"Roman Catholic"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48757,48775,2,2]}'>Roman Catholic</a> church (St Columba's) in Berkhampstead Road (built in 1960), a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Methodist" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Methodist"},"sa":{"href":"Methodist"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48839,48852,2,2]}'>Methodist</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chapel" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chapel"},"sa":{"href":"chapel"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48853,48863,2,2]}'>chapel</a> in Bellingdon Road, a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Salvation_Army" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Salvation_Army"},"sa":{"href":"Salvation Army"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48886,48904,2,2]}'>Salvation Army</a> Citadel in Broad St, Hiving's Free Church in Upper Belmont Road, an historic <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Quaker" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Quaker"},"sa":{"href":"Quaker"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48982,48992,2,2]}'>Quaker</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Friends_Meeting_House" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Friends_Meeting_House"},"sa":{"href":"Friends Meeting House"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[48993,49018,2,2]}'>Friends Meeting House</a> in Bellingdon Road, The King's Church charismatic fellowship which meets at Chesham Park Community College. Most of the churches of Chesham work collectively as part of the Churches Together for Chesham (CTfC) group. Other religious groups include Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Spiritualist_Church" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Spiritualist_Church"},"sa":{"href":"Spiritualist Church"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[49277,49300,2,2]}'>Spiritualist Church</a> in Higham Road, and the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses off Bellingdon Road.

During the Second World War the first recorded Jewish congregation was founded on families evacuated from London who used to meet at the cricket pavilion. After the war they combined with the Jewish community in Amersham which met at the synagogue in Amersham-on-the-Hill until 1968. This was succeeded by a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Liberal_Judaism_(United_Kingdom)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Liberal_Judaism_(United_Kingdom)"},"sa":{"href":"Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[49692,49744,35,2]}'>Liberal Judaism</a> community formed in 1990 which now meets at Chesham Grammar School.<span about="#mwt123" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/community/chiltern.htm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":49873,"dsr":[49817,49907,56,1]}\">Chiltern Jewish Community website</a>, Retrieved May 18, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-39-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[40]","dsr":[49812,49937,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a>

During the second half of the 20th century a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Muslim" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Muslim"},"sa":{"href":"Muslim"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[49984,49994,2,2]}'>Muslim</a> community became established in the town. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Mosque" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Mosque"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Mosque"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[50037,50055,2,2]}'>Chesham Mosque</a> the first purpose-built <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mosque" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mosque"},"sa":{"href":"mosque"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[50080,50090,2,2]}'>mosque</a> was completed in 2005 and is located in Bellingdon Road.

Demography

Religion<span about="#mwt132" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=61&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359736031472&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2579\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":50491,"dsr":[50303,50537,188,1]}\">Neighbourhood statistics Religion Census 2011</a>, Accessed 1 February 2013"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-40-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[41]","dsr":[50298,50569,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a>	%
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buddhism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buddhism"},"sa":{"href":"Buddhism"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50617,50638,11,2]}'>Buddhist</a>	0.4
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Christianity" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Christianity"},"sa":{"href":"Christianity"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50687,50713,15,2]}'>Christian</a>	54.4
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hinduism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hinduism"},"sa":{"href":"Hinduism"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50763,50781,11,2]}'>Hindu</a>	0.9
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Judaism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Judaism"},"sa":{"href":"Judaism"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50830,50848,10,2]}'>Jewish</a>	0.3
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Islam" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Islam"},"sa":{"href":"Islam"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50897,50913,8,2]}'>Muslim</a>	8.2
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Atheist" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Atheist"},"sa":{"href":"Atheist"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[50962,50985,10,2]}'>No religion</a>	27.3
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_religions" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_religions"},"sa":{"href":"List of religions"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[51035,51062,20,2]}'>Other</a>	0.5
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Sikhism" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Sikhism"},"sa":{"href":"Sikhism"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[51111,51127,10,2]}'>Sikh</a>	0.3
Other religion	0.5
Not stated	7.6

Age<span about="#mwt133" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=62&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359738570379&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2474\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":51566,"dsr":[51378,51607,188,1]}\">Neighbourhood statistics Age 2011 census</a>, Accessed 1 Februsry 2013"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-41-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[42]","dsr":[51373,51639,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a>	%
0–9	13.1
10–19	12.2
20–29	11.0
30–44	21.7
45–59	21.0
60–74	14.3
75–89	7.0
90+	0.7

Ethnicity<span about="#mwt134" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=61&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359736031441&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2575\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":52222,"dsr":[52034,52273,188,1]}\">Neighbourhood statistics Ethnic Group Census 2011 </a>, Accessed 1 February 2013"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-42-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[43]","dsr":[52029,52305,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a>	%
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./White_British" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./White_British"},"sa":{"href":"White British"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[52314,52331,2,2]}'>White British</a>	80.7
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./White_Other" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./White_Other"},"sa":{"href":"White Other"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[52355,52370,2,2]}'>White Other</a>	5.1
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mixed_origin" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mixed_origin"},"sa":{"href":"Mixed origin"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[52393,52409,2,2]}'>Mixed origin</a>	2.6
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Non-resident_Indian_and_Person_of_Indian_Origin" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Non-resident_Indian_and_Person_of_Indian_Origin"},"sa":{"href":"Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[52432,52490,50,2]}'>Indian</a>	1.3
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pakistani_Briton" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pakistani_Briton"},"sa":{"href":"Pakistani Briton"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[52513,52543,19,2]}'>Pakistani</a>	7.3
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./British_Asian" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./British_Asian"},"sa":{"href":"British Asian"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[52566,52595,16,2]}'>Bangladeshi</a>	0.3
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./British_African-Caribbean_community" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./British_African-Caribbean_community"},"sa":{"href":"British African-Caribbean community"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[52618,52673,38,2]}'>Black Caribbean</a>	0.4
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Black_African" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Black_African"},"sa":{"href":"Black African"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[52696,52713,2,2]}'>Black African</a>	0.6
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./British_Chinese" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./British_Chinese"},"sa":{"href":"British Chinese"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[52737,52764,18,2]}'>Chinese</a>	0.4
Other	0.4

<span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;" data-parsoid='{"src":"0","dsr":[52958,52963,null,null]}' about="#mwt135" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"0","href":"./Template:0"},"params":{}}'>0Population<span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;" data-parsoid='{"src":"0","dsr":[52973,52978,null,null]}' about="#mwt136" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"0","href":"./Template:0"},"params":{}}'>0	<span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;" data-parsoid='{"src":"0","dsr":[52981,52986,null,null]}' about="#mwt137" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"0","href":"./Template:0"},"params":{}}'>0<span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;" data-parsoid='{"src":"0","dsr":[52986,52991,null,null]}' about="#mwt138" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"0","href":"./Template:0"},"params":{}}'>0Total<span about="#mwt139" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/bkm/Chesham/Index.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":53062,"dsr":[53001,53141,61,1]}\">Census returns for Chesham 1801 -1901 Genuki England and ireland June 8, 2008 </a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-43-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[44]","dsr":[52996,53147,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;" data-parsoid='{"src":"0","dsr":[53147,53152,null,null]}' about="#mwt140" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"0","href":"./Template:0"},"params":{}}'>0
1801	3,969
1831	5,388
1851	6,098
1871	6,488
1901	7,245
1931	8,812
1951	11,433
1961	16,297
1971 †	20,466
1981	20,447
1990	20,214
2001	20,358

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Demographics" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Demographics"},"sa":{"href":"Demographics"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[53513,53529,2,2]}'>Demographics</a> based on 2011 census for the population of Chesham<span about="#mwt143" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032&m=0&r=1&s=1359731128754&enc=1&domainId=62\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":53761,"dsr":[53585,53798,176,1]}\">Neighbourhood statistics 2011 census</a>, Accessed 1 February 2013"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-44-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[45]","dsr":[53580,53830,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><span about="#mwt144" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/downloads/Factsheet_Chesham.pdf\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":53895,"dsr":[53835,53957,60,1]}\">Chesham parish 2001 Census Data Published by Chiltern DC 2004</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-45-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[46]","dsr":[53830,53963,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a>

Population of Chesham parish in 2011 was 21,483 comprising 10,600 male and 10,883 female
Status = 51.2% Married, 0.2% Civil p,ship, 34.5% Single (incl widowed, divorced etc.)
Housing = 67.6% owner occ'd, 0.9% shared ownership, 20.6% rented (pub) 10.1% rented (private)
Car ownership = 83% of households in the town own a car.
Work/studying = 54% employed, 13.2% self-employed, 2.4% Studying,
Not working = 12.9% retired, 5.9% unemployed, 5.0% caring for family, 2.8% = unable to work
Travel to work = 66.0% car, 11.5% train, 2.4% bus, 1.8% motor/bi cycle, 10.0% on foot, 6.8% at home.

† prior to boundary changes in 1974 reducing size of Chesham Town area

Transport

Roads

In contrast to other towns in south Buckinghamshire, Chesham historically was not well served by road transport links. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Stage_coach" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Stage_coach"},"sa":{"href":"stage coach"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[54794,54809,2,2]}'>stage coach</a> bypassed the town and, unlike Amersham, there were no turnpikes and consequently roads were poorly maintained. Significant change occurred in the post Second World War period with the opening of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./M1_motorway" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./M1_motorway"},"sa":{"href":"M1 motorway"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55009,55024,2,2]}'>M1 motorway</a>. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./A416_road_(Great_Britain)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./A416_road_(Great_Britain)"},"sa":{"href":"A416 road (Great Britain)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[55030,55064,28,2]}'>A416</a> now runs through the town, from Amersham to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Berkhamsted" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Berkhamsted"},"sa":{"href":"Berkhamsted"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55109,55124,2,2]}'>Berkhamsted</a>, and connects the town to the more recently upgraded <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./A41_road" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./A41_road"},"sa":{"href":"A41 road"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[55178,55194,11,2]}'>A41</a>. The A416 was diverted around the High Street and later upgraded to be dual-lane. Although these improvements enable more through traffic, traffic congestion has increased. Chesham's High Street was <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pedestrianisation" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pedestrianisation"},"sa":{"href":"pedestrianisation"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[55394,55430,20,2]}'>pedestrianised</a> in 1990 and the benefits to the High Street have been felt ever since. Whilst some of the previous bustle has been lost, the impact of pedestrianisation has generally been positive.

Rail

<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"right","ak":"right"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"Chesham tube station"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":600,"w":800},"dsr":[55625,55692,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg"},"dsr":[55627,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg/180px-Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Tube_Station.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham Tube Station.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,55690,null,null]}'>Chesham tube station</figcaption></figure>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_tube_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_tube_station"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham tube station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55693,55717,2,2]}'>Chesham tube station</a>, close to the town centre, is the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Terminal_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Terminal_station"},"sa":{"href":"Terminal station"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[55752,55781,19,2]}'>terminus</a> for the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_branch" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_branch"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham branch"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55790,55808,2,2]}'>Chesham branch</a>, a single track spur off the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./London_Underground" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./London_Underground"},"sa":{"href":"London Underground"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55838,55860,2,2]}'>London Underground</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Line"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55861,55882,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Line</a> connecting to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_and_Latimer_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_and_Latimer_station"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont and Latimer station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[55897,55929,2,2]}'>Chalfont and Latimer station</a>. It was opened in July 1889. The original plan involved the extension of the line from the station to the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./LNWR" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./LNWR"},"sa":{"href":"LNWR"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56036,56044,2,2]}'>LNWR</a> at Berkhamsted, but the idea was abandoned as the Metropolitan Line reached Amersham and thence <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56141,56154,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a>. There were some sizeable goods yards beyond the station, which were closed and now function as <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waitrose" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waitrose"},"sa":{"href":"Waitrose"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56251,56263,2,2]}'>Waitrose</a>'s car park except for one portion occupied by a coal merchants.

In 1959 electrification of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Line"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56360,56381,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Line</a> to Chesham provided a more reliable connection to London. Following the abolition of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./London_Underground" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./London_Underground"},"sa":{"href":"London Underground"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56467,56489,2,2]}'>London Underground</a> services to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56502,56515,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a> in 1961 and the closure of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ongar_tube_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ongar_tube_station"},"sa":{"href":"Ongar tube station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[56543,56565,2,2]}'>Ongar tube station</a> in 1994, Chesham has become the furthest location served from central London, in terms of both distance and travelling time. Prior to December 2010, apart from a few direct trains to London at peak times, a shuttle service operated to and from Chalfont and Latimer station. Since then the town has benefited from direct trains to London all day.<span about="#mwt146" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<span class=\"citation web\" data-parsoid=\"{"src":""Last Chesham Shuttle Before the Through Trains". Chiltern Voice. Chesham. Retrieved 9 December 2010.","dsr":[56916,57139,null,null]}\" about=\"#mwt147\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw=\"{"target":{"wt":"cite web","href":"./Template:Cite_web"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://www.chilternvoice.co.uk/2010/12/01/last-chesham-shuttle-before-the-through-trains/"},"title":{"wt":"Last Chesham Shuttle Before the Through Trains"},"work":{"wt":"Chiltern Voice"},"accessdate":{"wt":"9 December 2010"},"location":{"wt":"Chesham"}}}\"><a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chilternvoice.co.uk/2010/12/01/last-chesham-shuttle-before-the-through-trains/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":118,"a":{"href":"http://www.chilternvoice.co.uk/2010/12/01/last-chesham-shuttle-before-the-through-trains/"},"sa":{"href":"place\\n%7Ccountry = England\\n|latitude= 51.703\\n|longitude= "}}\">\"Last Chesham Shuttle Before the Through Trains\"</a>. Chiltern Voice. Chesham. Retrieved 9 December 2010. "},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-46-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[47]","dsr":[56911,57145,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a>

The nearest <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./National_Rail" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./National_Rail"},"sa":{"href":"National Rail"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57159,57176,2,2]}'>National Rail</a> connections are <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham_station"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57193,57213,2,2]}'>Amersham station</a>, although the LU line also connects directly to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_&_Latimer_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_&_Latimer_station"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont & Latimer station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57262,57292,2,2]}'>Chalfont & Latimer station</a>, from where the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Line"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57309,57330,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Line</a> and National Rail <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_Railways" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_Railways"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern Railways"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57349,57370,2,2]}'>Chiltern Railways</a> provide a joint service with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Metropolitan_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Metropolitan_Line"},"sa":{"href":"Metropolitan Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57400,57421,2,2]}'>Metropolitan Line</a> trains travelling to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Baker_Street" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Baker_Street"},"sa":{"href":"Baker Street"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57443,57459,2,2]}'>Baker Street</a> station and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_Railways" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_Railways"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern Railways"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57472,57493,2,2]}'>Chiltern Railways</a> trains travelling to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Marylebone_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Marylebone_station"},"sa":{"href":"Marylebone station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57515,57537,2,2]}'>Marylebone station</a>. There is also access to London via <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Berkhamsted_railway_station" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Berkhamsted_railway_station"},"sa":{"href":"Berkhamsted railway station"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57574,57605,2,2]}'>Berkhamsted railway station</a> on the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./West_Coast_Main_Line" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./West_Coast_Main_Line"},"sa":{"href":"West Coast Main Line"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57613,57637,2,2]}'>West Coast Main Line</a>.

Bus services

The principal bus companies running local services are <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Arriva_Shires_&_Essex" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Arriva_Shires_&_Essex"},"sa":{"href":"Arriva Shires & Essex"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[57714,57746,24,2]}'>Arriva</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Carousel_Buses" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Carousel_Buses"},"sa":{"href":"Carousel Buses"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57748,57766,2,2]}'>Carousel Buses</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Woottens_Luxury_Travel" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Woottens_Luxury_Travel"},"sa":{"href":"Woottens Luxury Travel"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[57768,57803,25,2]}'>Woottens</a> and Redline.

Residential areas of the town are connected with the central shopping area. Chesham is also connected by services to nearby Amersham, and further afield to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./High_Wycombe" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./High_Wycombe"},"sa":{"href":"High Wycombe"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57974,57990,2,2]}'>High Wycombe</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hemel_Hempstead" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hemel_Hempstead"},"sa":{"href":"Hemel Hempstead"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[57992,58011,2,2]}'>Hemel Hempstead</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./St_Albans" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./St_Albans"},"sa":{"href":"St Albans"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58013,58026,2,2]}'>St Albans</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Heathrow_Airport" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Heathrow_Airport"},"sa":{"href":"Heathrow Airport"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58028,58048,2,2]}'>Heathrow Airport</a> and Uxbridge.<span about="#mwt149" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/transport/Changes_to_bus_services_in_Chesham_and_Amersham.page?\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":58162,"dsr":[58067,58216,95,1]}\">Bus Services Serving Chesham Bucks County Council</a> Retrieved 27 August 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-47-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[48]","dsr":[58062,58247,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Less frequent services run to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58278,58291,2,2]}'>Aylesbury</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Watford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Watford"},"sa":{"href":"Watford"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58296,58307,2,2]}'>Watford</a>, and to surrounding villages.

Car usage and parking

There are six <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pay_and_display" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pay_and_display"},"sa":{"href":"pay and display"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58381,58400,2,2]}'>pay and display</a> car parks in the town, managed by Chiltern District Council. This demand for parking reflects the relatively high car usage, a result of both affluence and the limited public transport provision in rural areas. As a consequence Chiltern District has the 4th highest <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Carbon_footprint" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Carbon_footprint"},"sa":{"href":"carbon footprint"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[58667,58687,2,2]}'>carbon footprint</a> of all local authorities.<span about="#mwt151" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/chilternpartnership/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=615&fileID=898\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":58823,"dsr":[58718,58854,105,1]}\">Chiltern Community Partnership</a> Retrieved, 27 August 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-48-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[49]","dsr":[58713,58886,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a>

Cycling

There is limited provision for cycle use within the town. The town is one setting off point for exploring the Chilterns and cycling heritage trails have been developed by the district authority, two of which are centred on countryside around Chesham.<span about="#mwt153" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/claire/site/scripts/downloads.php?categoryID=16\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":59233,"dsr":[59157,59288,76,1]}\">Chiltern DC Claire Partnership Cycling Heritage Routes</a> Retrieved, 27 August 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-49-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[50]","dsr":[59152,59320,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a>

Air transport

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Luton_airport" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Luton_airport"},"sa":{"href":"Luton airport"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[59342,59359,2,2]}'>Luton airport</a> is 15 miles away and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Heathrow_airport" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Heathrow_airport"},"sa":{"href":"Heathrow airport"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[59381,59401,2,2]}'>Heathrow airport</a> 22 miles away. The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bovingdon_stack" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bovingdon_stack"},"sa":{"href":"Bovingdon stack"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[59421,59440,2,2]}'>Bovingdon stack</a> is directly above the town.

Education

Primary education

Between 1960s and the mid-1990s <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Primary_education" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Primary_education"},"sa":{"href":"Primary education"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[59541,59562,2,2]}'>Primary education</a> provision in Chesham as elsewhere in the county was organised into <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./First_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./First_school"},"sa":{"href":"First school"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[59630,59652,15,2]}'>First</a> (ages 4–8) and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Middle_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Middle_school"},"sa":{"href":"Middle school"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[59668,59692,16,2]}'>Middle</a> (ages 8 – 12) with some <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Combined_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Combined_school"},"sa":{"href":"Combined school"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[59722,59750,18,2]}'>Combined</a> Schools taking pupils across the whole age range (4 -12). In 1996 the arrangements were modified and the age of transfer to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secondary_education" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secondary_education"},"sa":{"href":"Secondary education"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[59875,59898,2,2]}'>Secondary education</a> was changed to age 11. Today, the schools still retain some elements of the previous arrangement reflected also in their names. There are six <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Primary_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Primary_School"},"sa":{"href":"Primary School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[60041,60060,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Primary Schools</a> within Chesham with catchment areas based on post codes: - Elmtree First School, Newtown Infant School, Brushwood Junior School, Thomas Harding Junior School, Little Spring Primary School, Waterside Combined School. Attendance by Chesham children at some of the village schools close to the town is also popular.<span about="#mwt155" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/section/index.jsp?contentid=-1845261740\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":60450,"dsr":[60379,60479,71,1]}\">Bucks County Council Schools</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-50-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[51]","dsr":[60374,60485,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a>

Secondary education

At secondary level Buckinghamshire continues to operate a system of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Selective_education" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Selective_education"},"sa":{"href":"selective education"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[60581,60604,2,2]}'>selective education</a> with pupils sitting the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Eleven_plus_exam" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Eleven_plus_exam"},"sa":{"href":"eleven plus exam"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[60629,60649,2,2]}'>eleven plus exam</a> to determine entry to either a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Grammar_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Grammar_school"},"sa":{"href":"Grammar school"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[60681,60714,17,2]}'>Grammar School</a> or <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secondary_modern" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secondary_modern"},"sa":{"href":"Secondary modern"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[60718,60762,19,2]}'>Secondary Modern School</a> (also known locally as an Upper School).<span about="#mwt157" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=657970117\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":60877,"dsr":[60808,60915,69,1]}\">Buckinghamshire Admission Information</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-51-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[52]","dsr":[60803,60921,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Two <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secondary_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secondary_School"},"sa":{"href":"Secondary School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[60926,60947,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>Secondary Schools</a> are located in the town: - <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_Hills_Academy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_Hills_Academy"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern Hills Academy"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[60975,61001,2,2]}'>Chiltern Hills Academy</a>, a co-educational Church of England Academy, previously known as Chesham Park Community College which was formed from the merger of Lowndes School and Cestreham School) and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Grammar_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Grammar_School"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Grammar School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61175,61201,2,2]}'>Chesham Grammar School</a>, a co-educational grammar school, which until May 2010 was called Chesham High School. Chesham also falls within the catchment areas of two further grammar schools, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dr_Challoner's_Grammar_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dr_Challoner's_Grammar_School"},"sa":{"href":"Dr Challoner's Grammar School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61367,61400,2,2]}'>Dr Challoner's Grammar School</a> for boys' in Amersham and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Dr_Challoner's_High_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Dr_Challoner's_High_School"},"sa":{"href":"Dr Challoner's High School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61428,61458,2,2]}'>Dr Challoner's High School</a> for girls in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Chalfont" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Chalfont"},"sa":{"href":"Little Chalfont"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61472,61491,2,2]}'>Little Chalfont</a>.

Independent schools

In the Chiltern and South Bucks area around Chesham and over the county border in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hertfordshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hertfordshire"},"sa":{"href":"Hertfordshire"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61602,61619,2,2]}'>Hertfordshire</a> there are also a number of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Independent_schools" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Independent_schools"},"sa":{"href":"independent schools"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[61647,61682,22,2]}'>independent</a> fee-paying schools providing education between ages 4–13 and up to age 18. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Preparatory_School" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Preparatory_School"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Preparatory School"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61758,61788,2,2]}'>Chesham Preparatory School</a> is an <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Independent_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Independent_school"},"sa":{"href":"Independent school"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61795,61817,2,2]}'>Independent school</a> which opened in 1938 in the town and shortly after relocated to the outskirts of Chesham, at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Orchard_Leigh" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Orchard_Leigh"},"sa":{"href":"Orchard Leigh"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[61911,61928,2,2]}'>Orchard Leigh</a> providing fee-paying and scholarship supported education.<span about="#mwt159" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chesham-prep.bucks.sch.uk/CPS/homepage.shtml\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":62048,"dsr":[61991,62075,57,1]}\">Chesham Preparatory School</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-52-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[53]","dsr":[61986,62081,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a>

Special, further and adult education provision

Chesham is the location of a nationally renowned <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special_school" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special_school"},"sa":{"href":"Special school"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62185,62203,2,2]}'>Special school</a>, Heritage House School which first opened in April 1968 and caters for pupils between the ages of 2 to 19 with severe learning difficulties.<span about="#mwt161" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.heritagehouseschool.co.uk/history.htm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":62400,"dsr":[62350,62422,50,1]}\">Heritage House School</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-53-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[54]","dsr":[62345,62428,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> A <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Further_education" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Further_education"},"sa":{"href":"Further education"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62431,62452,2,2]}'>Further education</a> college <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham_&_Wycombe_College" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham_&_Wycombe_College"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham & Wycombe College"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62461,62491,2,2]}'>Amersham & Wycombe College</a> was founded in 1973 and has one of its four campuses in the town on the former Cestreham Senior Boys School at Lycrome Road. The collage caters for a range of student cohorts with 2000 students on full-time courses and 5000 on a part-time bases.<span about="#mwt163" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.amersham.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=81\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":62787,"dsr":[62742,62816,45,1]}\">Amersham and Wycombe College</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-54-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[55]","dsr":[62737,62822,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Adult_learning" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Adult_learning"},"sa":{"href":"Adult learning"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62823,62841,2,2]}'>Adult learning</a> comprising a range of provision including <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Academic" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Academic"},"sa":{"href":"academic"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62884,62896,2,2]}'>academic</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Vocational" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Vocational"},"sa":{"href":"vocational"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62898,62912,2,2]}'>vocational</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Leisure" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Leisure"},"sa":{"href":"leisure"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[62917,62928,2,2]}'>leisure</a> courses, is provided a four sites in the town. Chesham Adult Learning Centre in Charteridge Lane, ElmTree School, ElmTree Hill, The Douglas McMinn Centre in East Street and The White Hill Centre White Hill.<span about="#mwt165" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.adultlearningbcc.ac.uk/Bucks\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":63181,"dsr":[63140,63204,41,1]}\">CC Adult Learning site</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-55-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[56]","dsr":[63135,63210,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The Chess Valley section of the Chiltern <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./University_of_the_Third_Age" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./University_of_the_Third_Age"},"sa":{"href":"University of the Third Age"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[63252,63283,2,2]}'>University of the Third Age</a> (U3A) was formed in October 2008 in response to increasing demand for activities in the area and meets at St Mary's Church.<span about="#mwt167" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chessvalley-u3a.org.uk/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":63448,"dsr":[63412,63469,36,1]}\">Chess Valley U3A</a> Retrieved 2009_07_24"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-56-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[57]","dsr":[63407,63496,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a>

Culture and recreation

Community facilities

<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":"The Elgiva Theatre"}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":1200,"w":1600},"dsr":[63553,63614,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg"},"dsr":[63555,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg/180px-Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Eligva_Theatre.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham Eligva Theatre.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,63612,null,null]}'>The Elgiva Theatre</figcaption></figure> The Elgiva Hall opened on its original location in 1976.<span about="#mwt169" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshammusicaltheatre.co.uk/history2.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":63730,"dsr":[63676,63781,54,1]}\">Elgive Hall opens 1976 Chesham Musical Theatre</a> Retrieved, 2009_07_23"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-57-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[58]","dsr":[63671,63809,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In 1998, having made way for an enlarged supermarket development the Elgiva was rebuilt as a purpose-built theatre on its current site and reopened as the New Elgiva. Now rebranded The Elgiva it is a 300 seated/400 standing capacity theatre, with a Dolby Digital 35mm cinema and is owned and managed by Chesham Town Council. The Elgiva presents a wide-ranging programme of professional and amateur theatre productions, musicals, comedy, dance, one night shows and concerts, pantomimes, films, exhibitions and other public and private events by both professional and community organisations. The Little Theatre by the Park is a facility owned by the Town Council and leased to the Little Theatre Trustees. It is the home to the Chesham Bois Catholic Players and used by other local theatre companies and is used for dance and exercise groups.<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"left","ak":"left"},{"ck":"caption","ak":["",[{"type":"TagTk","name":"a","attribs":[{"k":"rel","v":"mw:WikiLink"},{"k":"href","v":"./Chesham_Museum"}],"dataAttribs":{"tsr":[64696,64714],"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Museum"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Museum"},"stx":"simple"}},"Chesham Museum",{"type":"EndTagTk","name":"a","attribs":[],"dataAttribs":{}}]]}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":2736,"w":3648},"dsr":[64655,64716,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg"},"dsr":[64657,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg/180px-Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg" height="135" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Musum_Ch1.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham Musum Ch1.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,64714,null,null]}'><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Museum" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Museum"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Museum"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[64696,64714,2,2]}'>Chesham Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Museum" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Museum"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Museum"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[64718,64736,2,2]}'>Chesham Museum</a> is a newly established museum for the town and surrounding area which opened in 2004 having first been conceived in 1981. Initially it was housed in temporary premises at The Stables behind the Gamekeeper's Lodge Pub in Bellingdon Road. Since October 2009 it has been located at 15 Market Square.<span about="#mwt171" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshammuseum.org.uk/index.html\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":65082,"dsr":[65038,65106,44,1]}\">Chesham Museum homepage</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-58-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[59]","dsr":[65033,65112,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> There is also an annual Schools of Chesham carnival, Beer festival and bi-annual Chesham festival.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Image/Thumb" data-parsoid='{"optList":[{"ck":"thumbnail","ak":"thumb"},{"ck":"caption","ak":["",[{"type":"TagTk","name":"a","attribs":[{"k":"rel","v":"mw:WikiLink"},{"k":"href","v":"./Chesham_Library"}],"dataAttribs":{"tsr":[65245,65264],"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Library"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Library"},"stx":"simple"}},"Chesham Library",{"type":"EndTagTk","name":"a","attribs":[],"dataAttribs":{}}]]}],"cacheKey":"

","img":{"h":670,"w":934},"dsr":[65211,65266,2,2]}'><a href="./File:Chesham_Library.jpg" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:Chesham_Library.jpg"},"dsr":[65213,null,null,null]}'><img resource="./File:Chesham_Library.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Chesham_Library.jpg/180px-Chesham_Library.jpg" height="129" width="180" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:Chesham_Library.jpg"},"sa":{"resource":"Image:Chesham Library.jpg"}}'></a><figcaption class="mw-figcaption" data-parsoid='{"dsr":[null,65264,null,null]}'><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Library" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Library"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Library"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[65245,65264,2,2]}'>Chesham Library</a></figcaption></figure>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Library" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Library"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Library"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[65268,65287,2,2]}'>Chesham Library</a> opened in Chesham in 1923 in a room at Cemetery Lodge on Berkhamsted Road. In 1927, it moved into new premises at 33 High Street on the Broadway which it shared with Chesham Urban District Council. After the war it expanded. A children's section was added in 1952. In 1971 the library moved to Elgiva Lane, a site it shared with the Elgive Theatre prior to the latter's relocation to new premises. Since then it has been updated to provide better access and improved internal facilities including the evolution of the reference library into a Study Centre. It also houses a special collection of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Victorian_era" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Victorian_era"},"sa":{"href":"Victorian era"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[65886,65903,2,2]}'>Victorian era</a> children's books including some previously owned by <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Florence_Nightingale" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Florence_Nightingale"},"sa":{"href":"Florence Nightingale"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[65957,65981,2,2]}'>Florence Nightingale</a>.<span about="#mwt173" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=-948639206\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":66057,"dsr":[65987,66103,70,1]}\">Victorian Children's books in Chesham Library</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-59-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[60]","dsr":[65982,66109,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a>

The White Hill Centre, the site of an old school, is run by Chesham and District Community Association and since 1976 has provided educational, recreational social activities and facilities for societies and the local community to meet.<span about="#mwt175" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.whitehillcentre.org.uk/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":66388,"dsr":[66352,66406,36,1]}\">White Hill Centee</a> Retrieved June 14, 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-60-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[61]","dsr":[66347,66436,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Opposite the town centre is Lowndes Park, a large park with playgrounds and formerly an open air paddling pool. There is a large pond in the park, known as Skottowe's Pond. Lowndes Park was donated to the town of Chesham in 1953. Prior to this it was part of the garden that belonged to the Lowndes family. The Moor, originally an island created by the diversion of the Chess to power mills is today an open space used for recreation and the location for travelling fairs which moved from their traditional location in the town centre in 1938. There are two public <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Swimming_pool" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Swimming_pool"},"sa":{"href":"swimming pool"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[67002,67020,2,3],"tail":"s"}'>swimming pools</a> in the town. An <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lido" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lido"},"sa":{"href":"lido"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[67037,67058,7,2]}'>outdoor pool</a> at the Moor in Waterside and a roofed pool (and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Leisure_centre" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Leisure_centre"},"sa":{"href":"leisure centre"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[67107,67125,2,2]}'>leisure centre</a>), next to Chesham Grammar School at the top of White Hill. The Town Council manages 227 <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Allotment_(gardening)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Allotment_(gardening)"},"sa":{"href":"Allotment (gardening)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[67214,67250,24,2]}'>allotments</a> spread across three sites.<span about="#mwt179" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Allotments/Allotments.aspx\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":67336,"dsr":[67282,67372,54,1]}\">Chesham Town Council allotments</a>, Retrieved 27 August 2009"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-61-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[62]","dsr":[67277,67404,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> There are 135 footpaths in the Chesham area and in May 2010 the town became the first in the Chilterns to be recognised as a "Walkers are Welcome Town".<span about="#mwt180" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Walks/Chesham_Walks.aspx\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":67614,"dsr":[67562,67661,52,1]}\">'Walkers Are Welcome' Chesham Town Council</a>, Acceseed 21 May 2010"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-62-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[63]","dsr":[67557,67689,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><span about="#mwt181" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/south-bucks-news/local-buckinghamshire-examiner-news/2010/05/20/chesham-first-chilterns-town-to-officially-welcome-walkers-114018-26479601/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":67876,"dsr":[67694,67954,182,1]}\">Chesham first Chilterns town to officially welcome walkers Bucks Examiner</a>, Accessed 21 May 2010"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-63-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[64]","dsr":[67689,67982,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a>

Sport

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_United_F.C." data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_United_F.C."},"sa":{"href":"Chesham United F.C."},"stx":"simple","dsr":[67996,68019,2,2]}'>Chesham United F.C.</a> is the local football club which plays in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Southern_Football_League" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Southern_Football_League"},"sa":{"href":"Southern Football League"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[68066,68110,27,2]}'>Southern League</a>. At the end of the 2009-2010 season it was promoted to the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Southern_Football_League_Premier_Division" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Southern_Football_League_Premier_Division"},"sa":{"href":"Southern Football League Premier Division"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[68170,68232,44,2]}'>Premier Division</a>.<span about="#mwt186" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/8132624.Chesham_United_clinch_promotion_with_4_0_win/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":68334,"dsr":[68238,68398,96,1]}\">Chesham United_clinch promotion with 4 0 win This is London</a> Accessed 25 May 2010"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-64-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[65]","dsr":[68233,68425,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> It was formed in 1917 through the merger of Chesham Generals (the team of the Chesham General Baptist church now called Broadway Baptist Church), which was founded in 1887, and Chesham Town FC (started as the football team of Christ Church, Waterside), a founding member of the Southern League which started out in 1894 as Chesham FC. The club's most successful period was during the 1967-68 season when it reached the final of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./FA_Amateur_Cup" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./FA_Amateur_Cup"},"sa":{"href":"FA Amateur Cup"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[68858,68876,2,2]}'>FA Amateur Cup</a> at <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wembley_Stadium_(1923)"},"sa":{"href":"Wembley Stadium (1923)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[68880,68914,25,2]}'>Wembley</a> but lost out to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Leytonstone_F.C." data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Leytonstone_F.C."},"sa":{"href":"Leytonstone F.C."},"stx":"simple","dsr":[68931,68951,2,2]}'>Leytonstone F.C.</a> 1-0 in front of a crowd of 54,000. The club has struggled financially and performance-wise over recent years but has recently had a cash injection from a new financial backer.<span about="#mwt187" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshamunited.co.uk/club/history.php\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":69181,"dsr":[69132,69221,49,1]}\">Chesham United F.C. History of the Club</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-65-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[66]","dsr":[69127,69227,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_cricket_club" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_cricket_club"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham cricket club"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[69228,69252,2,2]}'>Chesham cricket club</a> was founded in 1848 and is one of the oldest clubs in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thames_Valley_Cricket_League" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thames_Valley_Cricket_League"},"sa":{"href":"Thames Valley Cricket League"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[69311,69343,2,2]}'>Thames Valley Cricket League</a>. Its home ground is at Amy Lane. In addition to four senior Saturday XIs it also runs two Sunday XIs and a women's side. Chesham also has a Junior section, which competes in Buckinghamshire and national competitions.<span about="#mwt190" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshamcc.co.uk\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":69593,"dsr":[69565,69614,28,1]}\">Chesham Cricket Club</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-66-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[67]","dsr":[69560,69620,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Rugby_union" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Rugby_union"},"sa":{"href":"Rugby union"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[69629,69644,2,2]}'>Rugby union</a> Club ('The Stags'), was founded in 1980 and play their rugby at Chesham Park Community College.

Town twinning and cultural exchanges

Chesham has <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Town_twinning" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Town_twinning"},"sa":{"href":"town twinning"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[69797,69822,16,2]}'>twinned</a> with three towns in other countries. It is organised by the Chesham Town Twinning Association. The first link-up was in 1980 with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Friedrichsdorf" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Friedrichsdorf"},"sa":{"href":"Friedrichsdorf"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[69953,69971,2,2]}'>Friedrichsdorf</a>, at the foot of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Taunus" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Taunus"},"sa":{"href":"Taunus"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[69992,70002,2,2]}'>Taunus</a> Hills near <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Frankfurt" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Frankfurt"},"sa":{"href":"Frankfurt"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70014,70027,2,2]}'>Frankfurt</a>, Germany. Next followed the association with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Houilles" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Houilles"},"sa":{"href":"Houilles"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70073,70085,2,2]}'>Houilles</a>, a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Communes_of_France" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Communes_of_France"},"sa":{"href":"Communes of France"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[70089,70119,21,2]}'>commune</a> of Paris, France, in 1986 and thirdly, in 1995 a tie-up with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Archena" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Archena"},"sa":{"href":"Archena"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70181,70192,2,2]}'>Archena</a>, in the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Region_of_Murcia" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Region_of_Murcia"},"sa":{"href":"Region of Murcia"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[70201,70228,19,2]}'>Murcia</a> region of Spain.<span about="#mwt192" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.cheshamtwinning.com/index.htm\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":70292,"dsr":[70250,70326,42,1]}\">Chesham Town Twinning Association</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-67-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[68]","dsr":[70245,70332,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Emmanuel Church is linked with a church in Prague, Czech Republic and the British Legion is linked with its Canadian equivalent in Buckingham, Quebec.

Media, communications and filmography

Local news media

The local <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Newspaper" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Newspaper"},"sa":{"href":"newspaper"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70561,70574,2,2]}'>newspaper</a> covering Chesham and the surrounding area, although it no longer has an office based in the town, is the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire_Examiner" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire_Examiner"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire Examiner"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70682,70710,2,2]}'>Buckinghamshire Examiner</a> founded in 1889.<span about="#mwt196" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":70783,"dsr":[70734,70808,49,1]}\">Buckinghamshire Examiner</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-68-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[69]","dsr":[70729,70814,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Another Buckinghamshire newspaper with a circulation area covering Chesham is the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bucks_Free_Press" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bucks_Free_Press"},"sa":{"href":"Bucks Free Press"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[70899,70919,2,2]}'>Bucks Free Press</a>.<span about="#mwt197" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/cheshamnews/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":70988,"dsr":[70927,71005,61,1]}\">Bucks Free Press</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-69-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[70]","dsr":[70922,71011,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The non-commercial community news <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Blog" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Blog"},"sa":{"href":"blog"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[71047,71055,2,2]}'>blog</a> dedicated to Chesham and nearby villages is Chiltern Voice.<span about="#mwt198" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.chilternvoice.co.uk/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":71157,"dsr":[71124,71172,33,1]}\">Chiltern Voice</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-70-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[71]","dsr":[71119,71178,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> There is also a <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshampeople.co.uk/home" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":71232,"dsr":[71195,71250,37,1]}'>community website</a> where residents can discuss local issues.

TV and mobile phone signals

Due to its position in a fold in the hill, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./TV" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./TV"},"sa":{"href":"TV"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[71371,71377,2,2]}'>TV</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Radio" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Radio"},"sa":{"href":"radio"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[71382,71391,2,2]}'>radio</a> reception in Chesham can be poor and the town now has its own TV mast. In the 1970s, Chesham was one of the last towns in the south east to receive <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./BBC_Two" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./BBC_Two"},"sa":{"href":"BBC Two"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[71540,71556,10,2]}'>BBC2</a>, and parts of it still cannot receive <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Five_(channel)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Five_(channel)"},"sa":{"href":"Five (channel)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[71595,71623,17,2]}'>Channel 5</a>. Houses taking their TV reception from the Chesham transmitter<span about="#mwt200" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chesham.shtml\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":71735,"dsr":[71691,71755,44,1]}\">Chesham transmitter</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-71-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[72]","dsr":[71686,71761,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> have vertically polarised aerials, whilst those in a good enough position receive their signal from the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Crystal_Palace_Transmitter" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Crystal_Palace_Transmitter"},"sa":{"href":"Crystal Palace Transmitter"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[71866,71896,2,2]}'>Crystal Palace Transmitter</a> in London with horizontally polarised aerials — they always could receive BBC2 (and indeed Channel 4 & Channel 5). <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Digital_terrestrial_television" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Digital_terrestrial_television"},"sa":{"href":"Digital terrestrial television"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[72017,72051,2,2]}'>Digital terrestrial television</a> coverage is patchy for much the same reason. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mobile_phone" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mobile_phone"},"sa":{"href":"Mobile phone"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[72097,72113,2,2]}'>Mobile phone</a> reception can be poor in the steeper parts of Chesham and outlying villages.

Filmography

The following TV series and episodes were filmed in Chesham's Old Town and pedestrianised High Street:<span about="#mwt202" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://us.imdb.com/list/\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":72343,"dsr":[72317,72364,26,1]}\">IMDB Location search</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-72-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[73]","dsr":[72312,72370,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./The_Professionals_(TV_series)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./The_Professionals_(TV_series)"},"sa":{"href":"The Professionals (TV series)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[72374,72425,32,2]}'>The Professionals</a> Close Quarters (1978) - Hundridge Manor
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hammer_House_of_Horror" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hammer_House_of_Horror"},"sa":{"href":"Hammer House of Horror"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[72471,72497,2,2]}'>Hammer House of Horror</a>: Carpathian Eagle (1980) - Lowndes Park: The Silent Scream (1980) - 68 Broad Street
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)"},"sa":{"href":"Inspector Morse (TV series)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[72587,72634,30,2]}'>Inspector Morse</a> The Day of the Devil (1993) - High Street
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Midsomer_Murders" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Midsomer_Murders"},"sa":{"href":"Midsomer Murders"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[72682,72702,2,2]}'>Midsomer Murders</a>: The Axeman Cometh (2007) - Market Sq; Written in Blood (1997) - High St and Old Town; Sins of Commission — High St; Things that Go Bump in the Night (2004) - Market Sq; The Black Book - 15 Market Sq (2009)<span about="#mwt204" class="reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","body":{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/satellite/9476/locationsindex.htm&date=2009-10-25+11:17:05\" data-parsoid=\"{"targetOff":73061,"dsr":[72924,73111,137,1]}\">Midsummer Murders Locations Retrieved May 11 2009</a>"},"attrs":{}}' id="cite_ref-73-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-parsoid='{"src":"^[74]","dsr":[72919,73117,5,6]}'><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a>
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Nuzzle_and_Scratch" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Nuzzle_and_Scratch"},"sa":{"href":"Nuzzle and Scratch"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73121,73143,2,2]}'>Nuzzle and Scratch</a> (2009) - <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./CBeebies" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./CBeebies"},"sa":{"href":"CBeebies"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73159,73171,2,2]}'>CBeebies</a> programme, Toy Shop episode filmed on the high street outside Harvey Johns
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Scoop_(TV_series)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Scoop_(TV_series)"},"sa":{"href":"Scoop (TV series)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[73252,73279,20,2]}'>Scoop</a> (2009) - High Street and Town
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chucklevision" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chucklevision"},"sa":{"href":"Chucklevision"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73315,73332,2,2]}'>Chucklevision</a> Well Suited (2000) - High Street (opening scene)
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Black_Mirror_(TV_series)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Black_Mirror_(TV_series)"},"sa":{"href":"Black Mirror (TV series)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[73387,73428,27,2]}'>Black Mirror</a> The National Anthem (2011) - desolate shots of the High Street and of an area near The Vale are shown near the end

Notable people

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aneurin_Bevan" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aneurin_Bevan"},"sa":{"href":"Aneurin Bevan"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[73567,73604,16,2]}'>Aneurin "Nye" Bevan</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Labour_Party_(UK)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Labour_Party_(UK)"},"sa":{"href":"Labour Party (UK)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[73606,73634,20,2]}'>Labour</a> politician and father of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./National_Health_Service" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./National_Health_Service"},"sa":{"href":"National Health Service"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73664,73691,2,2]}'>National Health Service</a> moved to Asheridge Farm near Chesham, where he died July 6, 1960.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lewis_Carroll" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lewis_Carroll"},"sa":{"href":"Lewis Carroll"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73759,73776,2,2]}'>Lewis Carroll</a> is supposed to have based his "<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mad_Hatter" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mad_Hatter"},"sa":{"href":"Mad Hatter"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73808,73822,2,2]}'>Mad Hatter</a>" character from <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alice_in_Wonderland" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alice_in_Wonderland"},"sa":{"href":"Alice in Wonderland"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73841,73864,2,2]}'>Alice in Wonderland</a> on <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Roger_Crab" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Roger_Crab"},"sa":{"href":"Roger Crab"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[73870,73884,2,2]}'>Roger Crab</a>, who lived in what is now The Drawingroom Art Gallery and Restaurant, in Francis Yard.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Andrew_Davis_(conductor)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Andrew_Davis_(conductor)"},"sa":{"href":"Andrew Davis (conductor)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[73973,74014,27,2]}'>Andrew Davis</a> b.1944 is British Conductor who was born in nearby <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Asheridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Asheridge"},"sa":{"href":"Asheridge"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74066,74079,2,2]}'>Asheridge</a> and grew up in the town.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Stephen_Fry" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Stephen_Fry"},"sa":{"href":"Stephen Fry"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74106,74121,2,2]}'>Stephen Fry</a> spent part of his childhood in Chesham, attending Chesham Prep School as detailed in his autobiography Moab is my Washpot. He lived in Stanley Avenue.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Thomas_Harding" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Thomas_Harding"},"sa":{"href":"Thomas Harding"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74279,74297,2,2]}'>Thomas Harding</a>, 16th-century English religious dissident. He was from Chesham and was executed as a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lollard" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lollard"},"sa":{"href":"Lollard"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74383,74394,2,2]}'>Lollard</a> in 1532. He fought for the right to read the scriptures in English. He was accused of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Heresy" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Heresy"},"sa":{"href":"heresy"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74481,74491,2,2]}'>heresy</a> and interrogated in Chesham <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Parish_church" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Parish_church"},"sa":{"href":"parish church"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74520,74537,2,2]}'>parish church</a>. He was found guilty and was <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Burnt_at_the_stake" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Burnt_at_the_stake"},"sa":{"href":"burnt at the stake"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74567,74589,2,2]}'>burnt at the stake</a> in 1532, at Chesham in the Pell, near Botley.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Charles_Townsend_Harrison" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Charles_Townsend_Harrison"},"sa":{"href":"Charles Townsend Harrison"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74637,74666,2,2]}'>Charles Townsend Harrison</a> art historian and critic was born in Chesham in 1942.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mary_Ingham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mary_Ingham"},"sa":{"href":"Mary Ingham"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74722,74737,2,2]}'>Mary Ingham</a>, author was born in the town in 1947.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./D._H._Lawrence" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./D._H._Lawrence"},"sa":{"href":"D. H. Lawrence"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74777,74795,2,2]}'>D. H. Lawrence</a>, (1885–1930) the novelist and poet, rented a cottage at Bellingdon near Chesham, while he was working on The Rainbow from 1914 to 1915.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Arthur_Lasenby_Liberty" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Arthur_Lasenby_Liberty"},"sa":{"href":"Arthur Lasenby Liberty"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[74937,74963,2,2]}'>Arthur Lasenby Liberty</a>, founder of the famous <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Liberty_(department_store)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Liberty_(department_store)"},"sa":{"href":"Liberty (department store)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[74987,75031,29,2]}'>Liberty store</a> in London, lived in a house next to the George & Dragon in the High Street.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./William_Lowndes_(British_politician)"},"sa":{"href":"William Lowndes (British politician)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[75109,75165,39,2]}'>William Lowndes</a> (1652–1724) British Politician and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Secretary_to_the_Treasury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Secretary_to_the_Treasury"},"sa":{"href":"Secretary to the Treasury"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75201,75230,2,2]}'>Secretary to the Treasury</a> who built and lived at Bury House as did many of his relatives and descendants
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Margaret_Mee" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Margaret_Mee"},"sa":{"href":"Margaret Mee"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75311,75327,2,2]}'>Margaret Mee</a>, (1909–1988) born in the town and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham. Studied art, and with her husband, Greville Mee moved to <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Brazil" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Brazil"},"sa":{"href":"Brazil"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75469,75479,2,2]}'>Brazil</a> where she taught art and became a renowned <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Botanical_artist" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Botanical_artist"},"sa":{"href":"botanical artist"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75523,75543,2,2]}'>botanical artist</a>, particularly the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Flora" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Flora"},"sa":{"href":"flora"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75562,75571,2,2]}'>flora</a> of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amazon_rainforest" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amazon_rainforest"},"sa":{"href":"Amazon rainforest"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75579,75600,2,2]}'>Amazon rainforest</a>.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma"},"sa":{"href":"Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[75603,75681,51,2]}'>Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a> used to stay, as a child, with his family for summer holidays in Germains House in Fullers Hill.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Arthur_T._F._Reynolds" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Arthur_T._F._Reynolds"},"sa":{"href":"Arthur T. F. Reynolds"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75780,75805,2,2]}'>Arthur T. F. Reynolds</a> (1909–2001) was born in the town and later became a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Protestant" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Protestant"},"sa":{"href":"Protestant"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75858,75872,2,2]}'>Protestant</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Missionary" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Missionary"},"sa":{"href":"missionary"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75873,75887,2,2]}'>missionary</a> in China and Japan. He was the author or translator of a number of books.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Milton_Rosmer" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Milton_Rosmer"},"sa":{"href":"Milton Rosmer"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[75963,75980,2,2]}'>Milton Rosmer</a> film actor, director and screenwriter was living in the town at the time of his death in 1971.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ghayasuddin_Siddiqui" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ghayasuddin_Siddiqui"},"sa":{"href":"Ghayasuddin Siddiqui"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76077,76101,2,2]}'>Ghayasuddin Siddiqui</a>, leading <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Islam" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Islam"},"sa":{"href":"Islam"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76111,76122,2,4],"tail":"ic"}'>Islamic</a> intellectual and community leader. Founder and director of the Muslim Institute and of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain. Lives in Chesham. Dr Siddiqui is a leading Islamic intellectual and community leader.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Francis_Wilson_(meteorologist)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Francis_Wilson_(meteorologist)"},"sa":{"href":"Francis Wilson (meteorologist)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[76337,76386,33,2]}'>Francis Wilson</a>, TV weatherman. Used to live in Chesham.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Guy_Siner" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Guy_Siner"},"sa":{"href":"Guy Siner"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76429,76442,2,2]}'>Guy Siner</a> who starred in <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./'Allo_'Allo!" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./'Allo_'Allo!"},"sa":{"href":"'Allo 'Allo!"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76460,76476,2,2]}'>'Allo 'Allo!</a> currently resides in Chesham.
Captain <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Richard_Spratly" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Richard_Spratly"},"sa":{"href":"Richard Spratly"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76518,76537,2,2]}'>Richard Spratly</a>, namesake of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Spratly_Island_(proper)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Spratly_Island_(proper)"},"sa":{"href":"Spratly Island (proper)"},"stx":"piped","dsr":[76551,76593,26,2]}'>Spratly Island</a> and the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Spratly_Islands" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Spratly_Islands"},"sa":{"href":"Spratly Islands"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76602,76621,2,2]}'>Spratly Islands</a> region, hailed from Chesham.
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alex_Horne" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alex_Horne"},"sa":{"href":"Alex Horne"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76652,76666,2,2]}'>Alex Horne</a>, standup comedian currently lives in Chesham
<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Alice_Connor" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Alice_Connor"},"sa":{"href":"Alice Connor"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[76713,76729,2,2]}'>Alice Connor</a>, actress, attended Chartridge Combined School in Chesham

External links

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<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.broadwaybaptist.org.uk/home" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79246,"dsr":[79206,79270,40,1]}'>Broadway Baptist Church</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham1879.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79303,"dsr":[79272,79340,31,1]}'>Chesham 1879 Tennis and Squash Club </a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamcameraclub.org/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79377,"dsr":[79342,79397,35,1]}'>Chesham Camera Club</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamcc.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79428,"dsr":[79399,79449,29,1]}'>Chesham Cricket Club</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.elgiva.com/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79475,"dsr":[79451,79494,24,1]}'>The Chesham Elgiva</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham4fairtrade.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79533,"dsr":[79496,79564,37,1]}'>Chesham Fairtrade organisation</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamhigh.bucks.sch.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79604,"dsr":[79566,79627,38,1]}'>Chesham Grammar School</a>

<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshammuseum.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79673,"dsr":[79639,79688,34,1]}'>Chesham Museum</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamrugbyclub.com" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79723,"dsr":[79690,79742,33,1]}'>Chesham Rugby Club</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://cheshamsociety.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79775,"dsr":[79744,79795,31,1]}'>The Chesham Society</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/downloads/CH.pdf" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79842,"dsr":[79797,79864,45,1]}'>Chesham tourism guide</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham.gov.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79894,"dsr":[79866,79915,28,1]}'>Chesham Town Council</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamunited.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":79950,"dsr":[79917,79979,33,1]}'>Chesham United Football Club</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.kingschurchchesham.com/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80017,"dsr":[79981,80043,36,1]}'>The King's Church Chesham</a>

<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.nebc.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80080,"dsr":[80055,80115,25,1]}'>Newtown Evangelical Baptist Church</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.greatchesham.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80150,"dsr":[80117,80189,33,1]}'>The Parish of Great Chesham (Anglican)</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.rc.net/northampton/stcolumba/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80233,"dsr":[80191,80263,42,1]}'>St. Columba's Catholic Church</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.findachurch.co.uk/churches/sp/sp90/trinity/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80321,"dsr":[80265,80344,56,1]}'>Trinity Baptist Church</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://whitehillcentre.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80377,"dsr":[80346,80443,31,1]}'>The White Hill Centre: Chesham and District Community Association</a>
<a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamurc.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":80476,"dsr":[80445,80508,31,1]}'>United Reformed Church, Chesham</a>

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<a href="#cite_ref-JvW-2-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. ISBN 0-948929-70-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)","dsr":[1845,2041,null,null]}' about="#mwt9" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{" author":{"wt":"Piggin, George "}," authorlink":{"wt":""}," coauthors":{"wt":""}," title":{"wt":"Tales of Old Chesham "}," year":{"wt":"1993 "}," publisher":{"wt":"Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd "}," location":{"wt":""}," isbn":{"wt":"0-948929-70-7 "}," pages":{"wt":""}}}'>Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-948929-70-7</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-3-0">↑</a> Farley, Michael. (2010). An Illustraded History of Early Buckinghamshire. England: Buckinghamshire Archeological Society. p. 23. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"stx":"piped"}'>978-0-9558158-4-3</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-4-0">↑</a> Branigan, Keith. (1967). "The distribution and development of Romano-British occupation in the Chess Valley". Records of Buckinghamshire 18: 136–49.
↑ <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-0">5.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-1">5.1</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-2">5.2</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-3">5.3</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-4">5.4</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-5">5.5</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-6">5.6</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-7">5.7</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-8">5.8</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-9">5.9</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-10">5.10</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-058-4.","dsr":[4961,5111,null,null]}' about="#mwt20" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hunt"},"first":{"wt":"Julian"},"title":{"wt":"Chesham A Pictorial History"},"year":{"wt":"1977 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-86077-058-4"}}}'>Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"stx":"piped"}'>1-86077-058-4</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-6-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1484" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":5376,"dsr":[5319,5383,57,1]}'>S 1484</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-7-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-505-1.","dsr":[5936,6101,null,null]}' about="#mwt30" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hay "},"first":{"wt":"David and Joan "},"title":{"wt":"Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1994 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-505-1"}}}'>Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-85033-505-1</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-8-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-833-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6113,6270,null,null]}' about="#mwt29" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hepple, Leslie &"},"first":{"wt":"Doggett, Alison"},"title":{"wt":"The Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1971 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-833-6"}}}'>Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-85033-833-6</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-Frith-9-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. ISBN 1-85937-340-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6930,7100,null,null]}' about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Andrew"},"first":{"wt":"Martin, "},"title":{"wt":"Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth "},"year":{"wt":"2001 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Frith Book Company Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-85937-340-2"}}}'>Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"stx":"piped"}'>1-85937-340-2</a>.
↑ <a href="#cite_ref-RoBVol2-10-0">10.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RoBVol2-10-1">10.1</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FsMMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=chesham&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YVG6UYjlBcKk0QWey4CAAg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=chesham&f=false" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":10522,"dsr":[10373,10560,149,1]}'>Records Of Buckinghamshire Vol 3 1870</a>, Retrieved 14 June 2013
<a href="#cite_ref-11-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/JP-Morgan-Chase-amp;-Co-Company-History.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":12700,"dsr":[12605,12732,95,1]}'>History of Chase Manhattan Bank</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-12-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/chief_justices/Chase-OH-1.pdf" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":12859,"dsr":[12767,12885,92,1]}'>Genealogy of Chase family</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-13-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.luckybears.com/encyclopaedia_chiltern.asp" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":16639,"dsr":[16585,16667,54,1]}'>Chiltern Teddy Bear factory</a>
↑ <a href="#cite_ref-Birch 1997-14-0">14.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birch 1997-14-1">14.1</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-641-2.","dsr":[18549,18687,null,null]}' about="#mwt58" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Birch"},"first":{"wt":"Clive"},"title":{"wt":"The Book of Chesham "},"year":{"wt":"1997 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Quotes Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-86023-641-2"}}}'>Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-86023-641-2</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-15-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Baines, Arnold &, Birch, Clive (1994). Chesham Century. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-549-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[19539,19691,null,null]}' about="#mwt61" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Baines, Arnold &"},"first":{"wt":"Birch, Clive"},"title":{"wt":"Chesham Century "},"year":{"wt":"1994 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Quotes Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-86023-549-1"}}}'>Baines, Arnold &, Birch, Clive (1994). Chesham Century. England: Quotes Limited. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-86023-549-1"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-86023-549-1</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-16-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Amersham/Amersham.shtml" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":20238,"dsr":[20173,20284,65,1]}'>Times reports riots outside Chesham Workhouse</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-17-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamhospital.com/index.htm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":21229,"dsr":[21187,21257,42,1]}'>Chesham Hospital - History </a>
<a href="#cite_ref-18-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/south-bucks-news/local-buckinghamshire-examiner-news/2010/09/16/arsonists-hunted-after-hospital-fire-114018-27282423/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":21555,"dsr":[21395,21592,160,1]}'>Arsonists hunted after hospital fire</a>, Bucks Examiner, Accessed 30 October 2010
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<a href="#cite_ref-20-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshammuseum.org.uk/timeline.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":23009,"dsr":[22962,23042,47,1]}'>Chesham Timeline Chesham Museum </a>
<a href="#cite_ref-21-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42547" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":23112,"dsr":[23053,23177,59,1]}'>Victorian County History Chesham Parish British History on line</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-22-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Foxell, Clive, (2010). The Ten Cinemas of Chesham. Chesham England: Clive Foxell. ISBN 978-0-9564178-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[24098,24255,null,null]}' about="#mwt79" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Foxell"},"first":{"wt":"Clive, "},"title":{"wt":"The Ten Cinemas of Chesham"},"year":{"wt":"2010 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Clive Foxell "},"location":{"wt":"Chesham England "},"isbn":{"wt":"978-0-9564178-0-0"}}}'>Foxell, Clive, (2010). The Ten Cinemas of Chesham. Chesham England: Clive Foxell. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/978-0-9564178-0-0"},"stx":"piped"}'>978-0-9564178-0-0</a>.
<a href="#cite_ref-23-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792123&c=chesham&d=16&e=15&g=424566&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1257505865984&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":24788,"dsr":[24609,24814,179,1]}'>ONS data from 2001 Census</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-24-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.hertsgeolsoc.ology.org.uk/IntroToHertsGeology.htm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":25465,"dsr":[25403,25540,62,1]}'>Introduction to Geology - Chilterns Herts Geological Society June 7, 2008 </a>
<a href="#cite_ref-25-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.20516" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":27589,"dsr":[27531,27663,58,1]}'>English Heritage National Survey of Conservation Areas at Risk, June 2009</a> Retrieved, 1 July 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-26-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2009/06/chesham-conservation-area-safe.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":27789,"dsr":[27697,27850,92,1]}'>Chesham conservation area 'safe' Bucks Examiner 29 June 2009</a>, Retrieved, 1 July 2009
↑ <a href="#cite_ref-CDCcorestrategy-27-0">27.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CDCcorestrategy-27-1">27.1</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/corestrategy/downloads/Chiltern_District_Core_Strategy_Submission_Document_Jan_2011.pdf" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":28259,"dsr":[28143,28334,116,1]}'>Core Strategy for Chiltern District Chiltern District Council January 2011</a>, Retrieved 28_05_2011
<a href="#cite_ref-28-0">↑</a> <span class="citation news" data-parsoid='{"src":""Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature". bbc.co.uk. BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20.","dsr":[31408,31645,null,null]}' about="#mwt98" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite news","href":"./Template:Cite_news"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023"},"title":{"wt":"Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature"},"date":{"wt":"20 December 2010"},"work":{"wt":"bbc.co.uk"},"publisher":{"wt":"BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks"},"accessdate":{"wt":"2010-12-20"}}}'><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":92,"a":{"href":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12038023"},"sa":{"href":"lace\n|country = England\n|latitude= 5"}}'>"Buckinghamshire records lowest UK overnight temperature"</a>. bbc.co.uk (BBC Beds, Herts and Bucks). 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
<a href="#cite_ref-29-0">↑</a> <span class="citation news" data-parsoid='{"src":""CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures". telegraph.co.uk. Daily Telegraph. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12.","dsr":[31798,32110,null,null]}' about="#mwt99" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite news","href":"./Template:Cite_news"},"params":{"url":{"wt":"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html"},"title":{"wt":"CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures"},"date":{"wt":"12 February 2012"},"work":{"wt":"telegraph.co.uk"},"publisher":{"wt":"Daily Telegraph"},"accessdate":{"wt":"2012-02-12"}}}'><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":153,"a":{"href":"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9077284/Cold-snap-to-finally-end-after-record-breaking-sub-zero-temperatures.html"},"sa":{"href":"lace\n|country = England\n|latitude= 51.703\n|longitude= -0.602\n|official_name= "}}'>"CCold snap to finally end after record-breaking sub-zero temperatures"</a>. telegraph.co.uk (<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Daily_Telegraph" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Daily_Telegraph"},"sa":{"href":"Daily Telegraph"},"stx":"simple"}'>Daily Telegraph</a>). 12 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
<a href="#cite_ref-30-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Chesham-weather-averages/Buckinghamshire/GB.aspx" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":111,"a":{"href":"http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Chesham-weather-averages/Buckinghamshire/GB.aspx"},"sa":{"href":"place\n|country = England\n|latitude= 51.703\n|longitude= "}}'>"World Weather Online Averages for Chesham 2007-08"</a>. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./MSN" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./MSN"},"sa":{"href":"MSN"},"stx":"simple","dsr":[4910,4917,2,2]}'>MSN</a> Retrieved 2013-03-16
<a href="#cite_ref-31-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Open_Spaces/Clock_Tower.aspx" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":36919,"dsr":[36863,36944,56,1]}'>Chesham Town Clock Tower</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-32-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/Chesham.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":37505,"dsr":[37445,37545,60,1]}'>Chesham War Memorial and Roll of Honour</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-33-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rglxG7g4CNgC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=chesham+brewery&source=web&ots=pzykstbJld&sig=I5-CVnDTWB9pyNGjgcKvbVEGtbE&hl=en#PPA252,M1" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":40559,"dsr":[40398,40603,161,1]}'>Brewers in Hertfordshire - Chesham Chap 34 </a>
<a href="#cite_ref-34-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4606587.stm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":41552,"dsr":[41503,41605,49,1]}'>Chesham rated for its High Streets's distinctiveness</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-35-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/thames_valley_chilterns.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":44494,"dsr":[44433,44541,61,1]}'>Civic Heraldry of Thames Valley – Chesham Town</a> Accessed 18 September 2010
<a href="#cite_ref-36-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2009/06/thumbs-up-for-chesham-healthzo.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":46179,"dsr":[46087,46240,92,1]}'>Thumbs up for Chesham Healthzone Bucks Examiner June 12 2009</a> Retrieved, June 14, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-37-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckspct.nhs.uk/?page_id=158" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":46317,"dsr":[46276,46360,41,1]}'>Chesham Healthzone project - Bucks NHS PCT</a> Retrieved, May 19, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-38-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/2011/12/cheshams-healthzone-to-open-it.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":46487,"dsr":[46395,46563,92,1]}'>Chesham's Healthzone to open its doors this month Bucks Examiner 02-12-2011</a> Retrieved, 06-12-2011
<a href="#cite_ref-39-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/community/chiltern.htm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":49873,"dsr":[49817,49907,56,1]}'>Chiltern Jewish Community website</a>, Retrieved May 18, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-40-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=61&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359736031472&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2579" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":50491,"dsr":[50303,50537,188,1]}'>Neighbourhood statistics Religion Census 2011</a>, Accessed 1 February 2013
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<a href="#cite_ref-43-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/bkm/Chesham/Index.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":53062,"dsr":[53001,53141,61,1]}'>Census returns for Chesham 1801 -1901 Genuki England and ireland June 8, 2008 </a>
<a href="#cite_ref-44-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032&m=0&r=1&s=1359731128754&enc=1&domainId=62" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":53761,"dsr":[53585,53798,176,1]}'>Neighbourhood statistics 2011 census</a>, Accessed 1 February 2013
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<a href="#cite_ref-47-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/transport/Changes_to_bus_services_in_Chesham_and_Amersham.page?" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":58162,"dsr":[58067,58216,95,1]}'>Bus Services Serving Chesham Bucks County Council</a> Retrieved 27 August 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-48-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/chilternpartnership/site/scripts/download_info.php?downloadID=615&fileID=898" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":58823,"dsr":[58718,58854,105,1]}'>Chiltern Community Partnership</a> Retrieved, 27 August 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-49-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/claire/site/scripts/downloads.php?categoryID=16" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":59233,"dsr":[59157,59288,76,1]}'>Chiltern DC Claire Partnership Cycling Heritage Routes</a> Retrieved, 27 August 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-50-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/section/index.jsp?contentid=-1845261740" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":60450,"dsr":[60379,60479,71,1]}'>Bucks County Council Schools</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-51-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=657970117" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":60877,"dsr":[60808,60915,69,1]}'>Buckinghamshire Admission Information</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-52-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham-prep.bucks.sch.uk/CPS/homepage.shtml" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":62048,"dsr":[61991,62075,57,1]}'>Chesham Preparatory School</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-53-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.heritagehouseschool.co.uk/history.htm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":62400,"dsr":[62350,62422,50,1]}'>Heritage House School</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-54-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.amersham.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=81" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":62787,"dsr":[62742,62816,45,1]}'>Amersham and Wycombe College</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-55-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.adultlearningbcc.ac.uk/Bucks" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":63181,"dsr":[63140,63204,41,1]}'>CC Adult Learning site</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-56-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chessvalley-u3a.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":63448,"dsr":[63412,63469,36,1]}'>Chess Valley U3A</a> Retrieved 2009_07_24
<a href="#cite_ref-57-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshammusicaltheatre.co.uk/history2.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":63730,"dsr":[63676,63781,54,1]}'>Elgive Hall opens 1976 Chesham Musical Theatre</a> Retrieved, 2009_07_23
<a href="#cite_ref-58-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshammuseum.org.uk/index.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":65082,"dsr":[65038,65106,44,1]}'>Chesham Museum homepage</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-59-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=-948639206" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":66057,"dsr":[65987,66103,70,1]}'>Victorian Children's books in Chesham Library</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-60-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.whitehillcentre.org.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":66388,"dsr":[66352,66406,36,1]}'>White Hill Centee</a> Retrieved June 14, 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-61-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Allotments/Allotments.aspx" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":67336,"dsr":[67282,67372,54,1]}'>Chesham Town Council allotments</a>, Retrieved 27 August 2009
<a href="#cite_ref-62-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Walks/Chesham_Walks.aspx" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":67614,"dsr":[67562,67661,52,1]}'>'Walkers Are Welcome' Chesham Town Council</a>, Acceseed 21 May 2010
<a href="#cite_ref-63-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/south-bucks-news/local-buckinghamshire-examiner-news/2010/05/20/chesham-first-chilterns-town-to-officially-welcome-walkers-114018-26479601/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":67876,"dsr":[67694,67954,182,1]}'>Chesham first Chilterns town to officially welcome walkers Bucks Examiner</a>, Accessed 21 May 2010
<a href="#cite_ref-64-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/8132624.Chesham_United_clinch_promotion_with_4_0_win/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":68334,"dsr":[68238,68398,96,1]}'>Chesham United_clinch promotion with 4 0 win This is London</a> Accessed 25 May 2010
<a href="#cite_ref-65-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamunited.co.uk/club/history.php" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":69181,"dsr":[69132,69221,49,1]}'>Chesham United F.C. History of the Club</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-66-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamcc.co.uk" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":69593,"dsr":[69565,69614,28,1]}'>Chesham Cricket Club</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-67-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.cheshamtwinning.com/index.htm" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":70292,"dsr":[70250,70326,42,1]}'>Chesham Town Twinning Association</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-68-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://chesham.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":70783,"dsr":[70734,70808,49,1]}'>Buckinghamshire Examiner</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-69-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/cheshamnews/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":70988,"dsr":[70927,71005,61,1]}'>Bucks Free Press</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-70-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.chilternvoice.co.uk/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":71157,"dsr":[71124,71172,33,1]}'>Chiltern Voice</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-71-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chesham.shtml" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":71735,"dsr":[71691,71755,44,1]}'>Chesham transmitter</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-72-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://us.imdb.com/list/" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":72343,"dsr":[72317,72364,26,1]}'>IMDB Location search</a>
<a href="#cite_ref-73-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/satellite/9476/locationsindex.htm&date=2009-10-25+11:17:05" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":73061,"dsr":[72924,73111,137,1]}'>Midsummer Murders Locations Retrieved May 11 2009</a>

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[JvW-2] Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. ISBN 0-948929-70-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[3] Template:Cite book\n

[4] Template:Cite journal\n

[\"Hunt-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-058-4.

[6] S 1484.

[7] Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-505-1.\n

[8] Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-833-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[\"Frith\"-9] Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. ISBN 1-85937-340-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[\"RoBVol2\"-10] Records Of Buckinghamshire Vol 3 1870, Retrieved 14 June 2013

[11] History of Chase Manhattan Bank, Retrieved May 12, 2009

[12] Genealogy of Chase family, Retrieved May 12, 2009

[13] Chiltern Teddy Bear factory

[\"Birch-14] Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-641-2.

[15] Baines, Arnold &, Birch, Clive (1994). Chesham Century. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-549-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[17] Chesham Hospital - History

[18] Arsonists hunted after hospital fire, Bucks Examiner, Accessed 30 October 2010

[19] "Editorial". yourChesham. May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[20] Chesham Timeline Chesham Museum

[21] Victorian County History Chesham Parish British History on line

[22] Foxell, Clive, (2010). The Ten Cinemas of Chesham. Chesham England: Clive Foxell. ISBN 978-0-9564178-0-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[23] ONS data from 2001 Census

[24] Introduction to Geology - Chilterns Herts Geological Society June 7, 2008

[25] English Heritage National Survey of Conservation Areas at Risk, June 2009 Retrieved, 1 July 2009

[26] Chesham conservation area 'safe' Bucks Examiner 29 June 2009, Retrieved, 1 July 2009

['CDCcorestrategy'-27] Core Strategy for Chiltern District Chiltern District Council January 2011, Retrieved 28_05_2011

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[30] Template:Cite web\n MSN Retrieved 2013-03-16

[31] Template:Cite web\n MSN Retrieved 2013-03-16

[32] Chesham Town Clock Tower

[33] Chesham War Memorial and Roll of Honour

[34] Brewers in Hertfordshire - Chesham Chap 34

[35] Chesham rated for its High Streets's distinctiveness

[36] Civic Heraldry of Thames Valley – Chesham Town Accessed 18 September 2010

[37] Thumbs up for Chesham Healthzone Bucks Examiner June 12 2009 Retrieved, June 14, 2009

[38] Chesham Healthzone project - Bucks NHS PCT Retrieved, May 19, 2009

[39] Chesham's Healthzone to open its doors this month Bucks Examiner 02-12-2011 Retrieved, 06-12-2011

[40] Chiltern Jewish Community website, Retrieved May 18, 2009

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[42] Neighbourhood statistics Age 2011 census, Accessed 1 Februsry 2013

[43] Neighbourhood statistics Ethnic Group Census 2011 , Accessed 1 February 2013

[44] Census returns for Chesham 1801 -1901 Genuki England and ireland June 8, 2008

[45] Neighbourhood statistics 2011 census, Accessed 1 February 2013

[46] Chesham parish 2001 Census Data Published by Chiltern DC 2004

[47] "Last Chesham Shuttle Before the Through Trains". Chiltern Voice. Chesham. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[48] Bus Services Serving Chesham ''Bucks County Council'' Retrieved 27 August 2009

[49] Chiltern Community Partnership Retrieved, 27 August 2009

[50] Chiltern DC Claire Partnership Cycling Heritage Routes Retrieved, 27 August 2009

[51] Bucks County Council Schools

[52] Buckinghamshire Admission Information

[53] Chesham Preparatory School

[54] Heritage House School

[55] Amersham and Wycombe College

[56] CC Adult Learning site

[57] ''Chess Valley U3A'' Retrieved 2009_07_24

[58] Elgive Hall opens 1976 ''Chesham Musical Theatre'' Retrieved, 2009_07_23

[59] Chesham Museum homepage

[60] Victorian Children's books in Chesham Library

[61] White Hill Centee Retrieved June 14, 2009

[62] ''Chesham Town Council'' allotments, Retrieved 27 August 2009

[63] 'Walkers Are Welcome' ''Chesham Town Council'', Acceseed 21 May 2010

[64] Chesham first Chilterns town to officially welcome walkers ''Bucks Examiner'', Accessed 21 May 2010

[65] Chesham United_clinch promotion with 4 0 win ''This is London'' Accessed 25 May 2010

[66] Chesham United F.C. History of the Club

[67] Chesham Cricket Club

[68] Chesham Town Twinning Association

[69] Buckinghamshire Examiner

[70] Bucks Free Press

[71] Chiltern Voice

[72] Chesham transmitter

[73] IMDB Location search

[74] Midsummer Murders Locations Retrieved May 11 2009

[1] <a href="#cite_ref-1-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=62&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359732838559&enc=1" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":2554,"a":{"href":"http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=11121868&c=chesham&d=16&e=62&g=6404194&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359732838559&enc=1"},"sa":{"href":"r the end of the Second World War. Today employment in the town is provided by mainly small business engaged in light industry, technology and professional services.\n\n"},"dsr":[2381,2591,173,1]}'>Neighbourhood statistics census 2011</a>, Accessed 1 February 2013

[JvW-2] <a href="#cite_ref-JvW-2-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. ISBN 0-948929-70-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)","dsr":[1845,2041,null,null]}' about="#mwt9" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{" author":{"wt":"Piggin, George "}," authorlink":{"wt":""}," coauthors":{"wt":""}," title":{"wt":"Tales of Old Chesham "}," year":{"wt":"1993 "}," publisher":{"wt":"Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd "}," location":{"wt":""}," isbn":{"wt":"0-948929-70-7 "}," pages":{"wt":""}}}'>Piggin, George (1993). Tales of Old Chesham. Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-948929-70-7"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-948929-70-7</a>.

[3] <a href="#cite_ref-3-0">↑</a> Farley, Michael. (2010). An Illustraded History of Early Buckinghamshire. England: Buckinghamshire Archeological Society. p. 23. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/978-0-9558158-4-3"},"stx":"piped"}'>978-0-9558158-4-3</a>.

[4] <a href="#cite_ref-4-0">↑</a> Branigan, Keith. (1967). "The distribution and development of Romano-British occupation in the Chess Valley". Records of Buckinghamshire 18: 136–49.

[Hunt_1977-5] <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-0">5.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-1">5.1</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-2">5.2</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-3">5.3</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-4">5.4</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-5">5.5</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-6">5.6</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-7">5.7</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-8">5.8</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-9">5.9</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hunt 1977-5-10">5.10</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-86077-058-4.","dsr":[4961,5111,null,null]}' about="#mwt20" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hunt"},"first":{"wt":"Julian"},"title":{"wt":"Chesham A Pictorial History"},"year":{"wt":"1977 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-86077-058-4"}}}'>Hunt, Julian (1977). Chesham A Pictorial History. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-86077-058-4"},"stx":"piped"}'>1-86077-058-4</a>.

[6] <a href="#cite_ref-6-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+1484" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":5376,"dsr":[5319,5383,57,1]}'>S 1484</a>.

[7] <a href="#cite_ref-7-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-505-1.","dsr":[5936,6101,null,null]}' about="#mwt30" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hay "},"first":{"wt":"David and Joan "},"title":{"wt":"Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1994 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-505-1"}}}'>Hay, David and Joan (1994). Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-505-1"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-85033-505-1</a>.

[8] <a href="#cite_ref-8-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-833-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6113,6270,null,null]}' about="#mwt29" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Hepple, Leslie &"},"first":{"wt":"Doggett, Alison"},"title":{"wt":"The Chilterns"},"year":{"wt":"1971 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Phillimore & Co Ltd "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-85033-833-6"}}}'>Hepple, Leslie &, Doggett, Alison (1971). The Chilterns. England: Phillimore & Co Ltd. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-85033-833-6"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-85033-833-6</a>.

[Frith-9] <a href="#cite_ref-Frith-9-0">↑</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. ISBN 1-85937-340-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)","dsr":[6930,7100,null,null]}' about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"Cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Andrew"},"first":{"wt":"Martin, "},"title":{"wt":"Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth "},"year":{"wt":"2001 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Frith Book Company Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"1-85937-340-2"}}}'>Andrew, Martin, (2001). Amersham, Chesham and Rickmansworth. England: Frith Book Company Limited. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/1-85937-340-2"},"stx":"piped"}'>1-85937-340-2</a>.

[RoBVol2-10] <a href="#cite_ref-RoBVol2-10-0">10.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-RoBVol2-10-1">10.1</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FsMMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=chesham&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YVG6UYjlBcKk0QWey4CAAg&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=chesham&f=false" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":10522,"dsr":[10373,10560,149,1]}'>Records Of Buckinghamshire Vol 3 1870</a>, Retrieved 14 June 2013

[11] <a href="#cite_ref-11-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/JP-Morgan-Chase-amp;-Co-Company-History.html" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":12700,"dsr":[12605,12732,95,1]}'>History of Chase Manhattan Bank</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009

[12] <a href="#cite_ref-12-0">↑</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="http://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/chief_justices/Chase-OH-1.pdf" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":12859,"dsr":[12767,12885,92,1]}'>Genealogy of Chase family</a>, Retrieved May 12, 2009

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[Birch_1997-14] <a href="#cite_ref-Birch 1997-14-0">14.0</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birch 1997-14-1">14.1</a> <span class="citation book" data-parsoid='{"src":"Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. ISBN 0-86023-641-2.","dsr":[18549,18687,null,null]}' about="#mwt58" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw='{"target":{"wt":"cite book ","href":"./Template:Cite_book"},"params":{"last":{"wt":"Birch"},"first":{"wt":"Clive"},"title":{"wt":"The Book of Chesham "},"year":{"wt":"1997 "},"publisher":{"wt":"Quotes Limited "},"location":{"wt":"England "},"isbn":{"wt":"0-86023-641-2"}}}'>Birch, Clive (1997). The Book of Chesham. England: Quotes Limited. <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./International_Standard_Book_Number" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./International_Standard_Book_Number"},"sa":{"href":"International Standard Book Number"},"stx":"piped"}'>ISBN</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"sa":{"href":"Special:BookSources/0-86023-641-2"},"stx":"piped"}'>0-86023-641-2</a>.

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v t e Chiltern District
Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency
Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer and Ley Hill Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee
Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Template:Chiltern" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Template:Chiltern"},"sa":{"href":"Template:Chiltern"},"stx":"piped"}'>v</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Template%20talk:Chiltern" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Template%20talk:Chiltern"},"sa":{"href":"Template_talk:Chiltern"},"stx":"piped"}'>t</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Chiltern&action=edit" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":730,"a":{"href":"//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Chiltern&action=edit"},"sa":{"href":" [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Chesham and A"}}'>e</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_District" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_District"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern District"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chiltern District</a>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>Buckinghamshire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire_local_elections" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire_local_elections"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire local elections"},"stx":"piped"}'>County Council elections</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_local_elections" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_local_elections"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern local elections"},"stx":"piped"}'>District Council elections</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_and_Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Chesham and Amersham Constituency</a>

Towns (component areas and hamlets)	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham"},"stx":"simple"}'>Amersham</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Woodrow,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Woodrow,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Woodrow, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Woodrow</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Asheridge_Vale" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Asheridge_Vale"},"sa":{"href":"Asheridge Vale"},"stx":"simple"}'>Asheridge Vale</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Botley,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Botley,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Botley, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Botley</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Vale" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Vale"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Vale"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham Vale</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chessmount" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chessmount"},"sa":{"href":"Chessmount"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chessmount</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Codmore" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Codmore"},"sa":{"href":"Codmore"},"stx":"simple"}'>Codmore</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Great_Hivings" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Great_Hivings"},"sa":{"href":"Great Hivings"},"stx":"simple"}'>Great Hivings</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hilltop,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hilltop,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Hilltop, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Hilltop</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Loundes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Loundes"},"sa":{"href":"Loundes"},"stx":"simple"}'>Loundes</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lye_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lye_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Lye Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Lye Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Newtown,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Newtown,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Newtown, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Newtown</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pednormead_End" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pednormead_End"},"sa":{"href":"Pednormead End"},"stx":"simple"}'>Pednormead End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pond_Park" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pond_Park"},"sa":{"href":"Pond Park"},"stx":"simple"}'>Pond Park</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Townsend,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Townsend,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Townsend, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Townsend</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Waterside,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Waterside, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Waterside</a>	<a href="./File:BuckinghamshireChiltern.png" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./File:BuckinghamshireChiltern.png"}}'><img resource="./File:BuckinghamshireChiltern.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/BuckinghamshireChiltern.png/75px-BuckinghamshireChiltern.png" height="106" width="75" data-parsoid='{"a":{"resource":"./File:BuckinghamshireChiltern.png"},"sa":{"resource":"File:BuckinghamshireChiltern.png"}}'></a>

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ashley_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ashley_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Ashley Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Ashley Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ashley_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ashley_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Ashley Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Ashley Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Whelpley_Hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Whelpley_Hill"},"sa":{"href":"Whelpley Hill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Whelpley Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chenies" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chenies"},"sa":{"href":"Chenies"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chenies</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_St_Giles" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_St_Giles"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont St Giles"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chalfont St Giles</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bottrells_Close" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bottrells_Close"},"sa":{"href":"Bottrells Close"},"stx":"simple"}'>Bottrells Close</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_Grove" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_Grove"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont Grove"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chalfont Grove</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_St_Giles" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_St_Giles"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont St Giles"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chalfont St Giles</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Jordans,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Jordans,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Jordans, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Jordans</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Stratton_Chase" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Stratton_Chase"},"sa":{"href":"Stratton Chase"},"stx":"simple"}'>Stratton Chase</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_St_Peter" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_St_Peter"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont St Peter"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chalfont St Peter</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Austenwood" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Austenwood"},"sa":{"href":"Austenwood"},"stx":"simple"}'>Austenwood</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chalfont_Common" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chalfont_Common"},"sa":{"href":"Chalfont Common"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chalfont Common</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Gravel_Hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Gravel_Hill"},"sa":{"href":"Gravel Hill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Gravel Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Layters_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Layters_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Layters Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Layters Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chartridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chartridge"},"sa":{"href":"Chartridge"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chartridge</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Asheridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Asheridge"},"sa":{"href":"Asheridge"},"stx":"simple"}'>Asheridge</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bellingdon" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bellingdon"},"sa":{"href":"Bellingdon"},"stx":"simple"}'>Bellingdon</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chartridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chartridge"},"sa":{"href":"Chartridge"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chartridge</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hundridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hundridge"},"sa":{"href":"Hundridge"},"stx":"simple"}'>Hundridge</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pednor" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pednor"},"sa":{"href":"Pednor"},"stx":"simple"}'>Pednor</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Pednor_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Pednor_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Pednor Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Pednor Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Bois" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Bois"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Bois"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham Bois</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cholesbury-cum-St_Leonards" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cholesbury-cum-St_Leonards"},"sa":{"href":"Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards"},"stx":"simple"}'>Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckland_Common" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckland_Common"},"sa":{"href":"Buckland Common"},"stx":"simple"}'>Buckland Common</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Cholesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Cholesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Cholesbury"},"stx":"simple"}'>Cholesbury</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hawridge" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hawridge"},"sa":{"href":"Hawridge"},"stx":"simple"}'>Hawridge</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./St_Leonards,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./St_Leonards,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"St Leonards, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>St Leonards</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Coleshill,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Coleshill,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Coleshill, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Coleshill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Great_Missenden" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Great_Missenden"},"sa":{"href":"Great Missenden"},"stx":"simple"}'>Great Missenden</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ballinger,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ballinger,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Ballinger, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Ballinger</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ballinger_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ballinger_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Ballinger Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Ballinger Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ballinger_Common" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ballinger_Common"},"sa":{"href":"Ballinger Common"},"stx":"simple"}'>Ballinger Common</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bryant's_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bryant's_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Bryant's Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Bryant's Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Frith-hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Frith-hill"},"sa":{"href":"Frith-hill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Frith-hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Great_Missenden" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Great_Missenden"},"sa":{"href":"Great Missenden"},"stx":"simple"}'>Great Missenden</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Heath_End,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Heath_End,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Heath End, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Heath End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hotley_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hotley_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Hotley Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Hotley Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hyde_End" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hyde_End"},"sa":{"href":"Hyde End"},"stx":"simple"}'>Hyde End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Wood_Corner" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Wood_Corner"},"sa":{"href":"Little Wood Corner"},"stx":"simple"}'>Little Wood Corner</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mobwell" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mobwell"},"sa":{"href":"Mobwell"},"stx":"simple"}'>Mobwell</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Prestwood" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Prestwood"},"sa":{"href":"Prestwood"},"stx":"simple"}'>Prestwood</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_Heath" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_Heath"},"sa":{"href":"South Heath"},"stx":"simple"}'>South Heath</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Latimer, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Latimer</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Latimer,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Latimer, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Latimer</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ley_Hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ley_Hill"},"sa":{"href":"Ley Hill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Ley Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Orchard_Leigh" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Orchard_Leigh"},"sa":{"href":"Orchard Leigh"},"stx":"simple"}'>Orchard Leigh</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Tyler's_Hill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Tyler's_Hill"},"sa":{"href":"Tyler's Hill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Tyler's Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Chalfont" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Chalfont"},"sa":{"href":"Little Chalfont"},"stx":"simple"}'>Little Chalfont</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Missenden" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Missenden"},"sa":{"href":"Little Missenden"},"stx":"simple"}'>Little Missenden</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Beamond_End" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Beamond_End"},"sa":{"href":"Beamond End"},"stx":"simple"}'>Beamond End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Holmer_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Holmer_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Holmer Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Holmer Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hyde_Heath" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hyde_Heath"},"sa":{"href":"Hyde Heath"},"stx":"simple"}'>Hyde Heath</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Kingshill" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Kingshill"},"sa":{"href":"Little Kingshill"},"stx":"simple"}'>Little Kingshill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Little_Missenden" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Little_Missenden"},"sa":{"href":"Little Missenden"},"stx":"simple"}'>Little Missenden</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mantles_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mantles_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Mantles Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Mantles Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Mop_End" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Mop_End"},"sa":{"href":"Mop End"},"stx":"simple"}'>Mop End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Spurlands_End" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Spurlands_End"},"sa":{"href":"Spurlands End"},"stx":"simple"}'>Spurlands End</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Penn,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Penn,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Penn, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Penn</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Beacon_Hill,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Beacon_Hill,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Beacon Hill, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Beacon Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Forty_Green,_Penn" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Forty_Green,_Penn"},"sa":{"href":"Forty Green, Penn"},"stx":"piped"}'>Forty Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Knotty_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Knotty_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Knotty Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Knotty Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Penn,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Penn,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Penn, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Penn</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Penn_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Penn_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Penn Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Penn Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Penn_Street" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Penn_Street"},"sa":{"href":"Penn Street"},"stx":"simple"}'>Penn Street</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Winchmore_Hill,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Winchmore_Hill,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Winchmore Hill</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Seer_Green" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Seer_Green"},"sa":{"href":"Seer Green"},"stx":"simple"}'>Seer Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./The_Lee" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./The_Lee"},"sa":{"href":"The Lee"},"stx":"simple"}'>The Lee</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lee_Clump" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lee_Clump"},"sa":{"href":"Lee Clump"},"stx":"simple"}'>Lee Clump</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lee_Common" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lee_Common"},"sa":{"href":"Lee Common"},"stx":"simple"}'>Lee Common</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lee_Gate" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lee_Gate"},"sa":{"href":"Lee Gate"},"stx":"simple"}'>Lee Gate</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Hunt's_Green,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Hunt's_Green,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Hunt's Green, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Hunt's Green</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Potter_Row" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Potter_Row"},"sa":{"href":"Potter Row"},"stx":"simple"}'>Potter Row</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Swan_Bottom" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Swan_Bottom"},"sa":{"href":"Swan Bottom"},"stx":"simple"}'>Swan Bottom</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./The_Lee" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./The_Lee"},"sa":{"href":"The Lee"},"stx":"simple"}'>The Lee</a>

Former districts and boroughs	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham_Rural_District" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham_Rural_District"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham Rural District"},"stx":"simple"}'>Amersham Rural District</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham_Urban_District" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham_Urban_District"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham Urban District"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham Urban District</a>

Former constituencies	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Buckinghamshire County Constituency</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Amersham Constituency</a>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of places in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>List of places in Buckinghamshire</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_civil_parishes_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_civil_parishes_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire</a>

v t e Ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire
Unitary authorities	Buckinghamshire Council Milton Keynes City Council
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Amersham Aylesbury Beaconsfield Buckingham Burnham Chalfont St Peter Chesham Gerrards Cross High Wycombe Iver Marlow Milton Keynes including Bletchley Fenny Stratford Stony Stratford Wolverton Newport Pagnell Olney Princes Risborough Wendover Winslow Woburn Sands See also: List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
Rivers	Chess Colne Frays Gade Great Ouse Jubilee Lyde Misbourne Ouzel Ray Thame Thames Tove Wraysbury Wye
Topics	Boundary changes Country houses Flag Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings High Sheriff History Lord Lieutenant Monastic houses Museums Railways Parliamentary constituencies Places Places of interest Schools (Bucks) Schools (Milton Keynes) Sites of Special Scientific Interest Transport

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Template:Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Template:Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Template:Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>v</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Template%20talk:Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Template%20talk:Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Template_talk:Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>t</a> <a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Buckinghamshire&action=edit" data-parsoid='{"targetOff":757,"a":{"href":"//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Buckinghamshire&action=edit"},"sa":{"href":"ham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Chesham and Amersham]]\n\|post_town= "}}'>e</a> <a href="./Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire"}}'><img alt="Buckinghamshire" resource="./File:County_Flag_of_Buckinghamshire.svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/County_Flag_of_Buckinghamshire.svg/22px-County_Flag_of_Buckinghamshire.svg.png" height="13" width="22" data-parsoid='{"a":{"alt":"Buckinghamshire","resource":"./File:County_Flag_of_Buckinghamshire.svg","height":"13"},"sa":{"alt":"alt=Buckinghamshire","resource":"File:County Flag of Buckinghamshire.svg","height":"20"}}'></a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Ceremonial_counties_of_England" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Ceremonial_counties_of_England"},"sa":{"href":"Ceremonial counties of England"},"stx":"piped"}'>Ceremonial county</a> of <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>Buckinghamshire</a>

<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Portal:Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Portal:Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":":Portal:Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Buckinghamshire Portal</a>

Unitary authorities	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Borough_of_Milton_Keynes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Borough_of_Milton_Keynes"},"sa":{"href":"Borough of Milton Keynes"},"stx":"simple"}'>Borough of Milton Keynes</a>

Boroughs or districts	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury_Vale" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury_Vale"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury Vale"},"stx":"simple"}'>Aylesbury Vale</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chiltern_(district)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chiltern_(district)"},"sa":{"href":"Chiltern (district)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Chiltern</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./South_Bucks" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./South_Bucks"},"sa":{"href":"South Bucks"},"stx":"simple"}'>South Bucks</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wycombe_(district)" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wycombe_(district)"},"sa":{"href":"Wycombe (district)"},"stx":"piped"}'>Wycombe</a>

Major settlements	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Amersham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Amersham"},"sa":{"href":"Amersham"},"stx":"simple"}'>Amersham</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Aylesbury" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Aylesbury"},"sa":{"href":"Aylesbury"},"stx":"simple"}'>Aylesbury</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Beaconsfield" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Beaconsfield"},"sa":{"href":"Beaconsfield"},"stx":"simple"}'>Beaconsfield</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Buckingham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Buckingham"},"sa":{"href":"Buckingham"},"stx":"simple"}'>Buckingham</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Chesham" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Chesham"},"sa":{"href":"Chesham"},"stx":"simple"}'>Chesham</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./High_Wycombe" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./High_Wycombe"},"sa":{"href":"High Wycombe"},"stx":"simple"}'>High Wycombe</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Marlow,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Marlow,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Marlow, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Marlow</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Milton_Keynes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Milton_Keynes"},"sa":{"href":"Milton Keynes"},"stx":"simple"}'>Milton Keynes</a> including <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Bletchley" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Bletchley"},"sa":{"href":"Bletchley"},"stx":"simple"}'>Bletchley</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Fenny_Stratford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Fenny_Stratford"},"sa":{"href":"Fenny Stratford"},"stx":"simple"}'>Fenny Stratford</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Stony_Stratford" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Stony_Stratford"},"sa":{"href":"Stony Stratford"},"stx":"simple"}'>Stony Stratford</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wolverton" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wolverton"},"sa":{"href":"Wolverton"},"stx":"simple"}'>Wolverton</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Newport_Pagnell" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Newport_Pagnell"},"sa":{"href":"Newport Pagnell"},"stx":"simple"}'>Newport Pagnell</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Olney,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Olney,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Olney, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Olney</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Princes_Risborough" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Princes_Risborough"},"sa":{"href":"Princes Risborough"},"stx":"simple"}'>Princes Risborough</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wendover" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wendover"},"sa":{"href":"Wendover"},"stx":"simple"}'>Wendover</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Winslow,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Winslow,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Winslow, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Winslow</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Woburn_Sands" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Woburn_Sands"},"sa":{"href":"Woburn Sands"},"stx":"simple"}'>Woburn Sands</a> See also: <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_civil_parishes_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_civil_parishes_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"simple"}'>List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire</a>

Rivers	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Chess" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Chess"},"sa":{"href":"River Chess"},"stx":"piped"}'>Chess</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Colne,_Hertfordshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Colne,_Hertfordshire"},"sa":{"href":"River Colne, Hertfordshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Colne</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Frays_River" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Frays_River"},"sa":{"href":"Frays River"},"stx":"piped"}'>Frays</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Gade" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Gade"},"sa":{"href":"River Gade"},"stx":"piped"}'>Gade</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Great_Ouse" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Great_Ouse"},"sa":{"href":"River Great Ouse"},"stx":"piped"}'>Great Ouse</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Jubilee_River" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Jubilee_River"},"sa":{"href":"Jubilee River"},"stx":"piped"}'>Jubilee</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Lyde,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Lyde,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"River Lyde, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Lyde</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Misbourne" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Misbourne"},"sa":{"href":"River Misbourne"},"stx":"piped"}'>Misbourne</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Ouzel" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Ouzel"},"sa":{"href":"River Ouzel"},"stx":"piped"}'>Ouzel</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Ray" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Ray"},"sa":{"href":"River Ray"},"stx":"piped"}'>Ray</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Thame" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Thame"},"sa":{"href":"River Thame"},"stx":"piped"}'>Thame</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Thames" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Thames"},"sa":{"href":"River Thames"},"stx":"piped"}'>Thames</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Tove" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Tove"},"sa":{"href":"River Tove"},"stx":"piped"}'>Tove</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Wraysbury_River" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Wraysbury_River"},"sa":{"href":"Wraysbury River"},"stx":"piped"}'>Wraysbury</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./River_Wye,_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./River_Wye,_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"River Wye, Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Wye</a>

Topics	<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Parliamentary constituencies</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_Buckinghamshire_boundary_changes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_Buckinghamshire_boundary_changes"},"sa":{"href":"List of Buckinghamshire boundary changes"},"stx":"piped"}'>Boundary changes</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_schools_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_schools_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of schools in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Schools (Bucks)</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_schools_in_Milton_Keynes" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_schools_in_Milton_Keynes"},"sa":{"href":"List of schools in Milton Keynes"},"stx":"piped"}'>Schools (Milton Keynes)</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_places_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of places in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Places</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Sites of Special Scientific Interest</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Places_of_interest_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Places_of_interest_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Places of interest in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Places of interest</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Category:Country_houses_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Category:Country_houses_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":":category:Country houses in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Country houses</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of Grade I listed buildings in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Grade I listed buildings</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./History_of_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./History_of_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"History of Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>History</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Lord_Lieutenant_of_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Lord_Lieutenant_of_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Lord Lieutenant</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./High_Sheriff_of_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./High_Sheriff_of_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>High Sheriff</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_monastic_houses_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_monastic_houses_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Monastic houses</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./List_of_museums_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./List_of_museums_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"List of museums in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Museums</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Railways_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Railways_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Railways in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Railways</a> <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Transport_in_Buckinghamshire" data-parsoid='{"a":{"href":"./Transport_in_Buckinghamshire"},"sa":{"href":"Transport in Buckinghamshire"},"stx":"piped"}'>Transport</a>

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History

Early history

The land owners of Chesham

Early ecclesiastical history

Religious dissent and nonconformity

Emigration to the American colonies

Industrial development

The town in times of war

Social history

Geography

Topography and geology

Built environment and social geography

Climate

Neighbourhoods and wards

Landmarks

Clock tower

War memorial

Economy

Agriculture

Industrial Revolution

Manufacturing and brewing

Commerce today

Governance

Parliamentary representation

Local government

Town crest

Public services

Utilities

Health services

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Religion

Demography

Transport

Roads

Rail

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Air transport

Education

Primary education

Secondary education

Independent schools

Special, further and adult education provision

Culture and recreation

Community facilities

Sport

Town twinning and cultural exchanges

Media, communications and filmography

Local news media

TV and mobile phone signals

Filmography

Notable people

See also

Further reading

External links

References