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extended and renamed the Railway Hotel. Railway the renamed and extended

at Latimer. at

grass snakes and deer. and snakes grass town, the line ended here on the moor and the pub was pub the and moor the on here ended line the town,

down to the Chess and across to the Roman settlement settlement Roman the to across and Chess the to down

regular sightings of bats, of sightings regular Before the townsfolk paid for the railway to continue to the to continue to railway the for paid townsfolk the Before

junction with Holloway Lane, an ancient pathway leading pathway ancient an Lane, Holloway with junction

nest nearby and there are there and nearby nest the back in Chesham with different licensing hours in each! in hours licensing different with Chesham in back the

Crafts houses, such as those built to a Voysey design near the near design Voysey a to built those as such houses, Crafts

Society. Buzzards and kites and Buzzards Society. boundary change, the front parlour was in Chesham Bois and Bois Chesham in was parlour front the change, boundary

first Labour Prime Minister. There are some fine Arts and Arts fine some are There Minister. Prime Labour first

Chalfont Beekeepers’ Chalfont also a pub, the Unicorn (now a nursery) where, before the before where, nursery) a (now Unicorn the pub, a also

MacDonald, suffragists and social campaigners. He was the was He campaigners. social and suffragists MacDonald,

home to the hives of the of hives the to home terraced houses were built for the railway workers. There was There workers. railway the for built were houses terraced

was the weekend home of Margaret and James Ramsay James and Margaret of home weekend the was

Moth. The meadow is also is meadow The Moth. across Bois Moor Road to the Chess beyond. The Victorian The beyond. Chess the to Road Moor Bois across

The village shops date from 1910. Lindfield next to the shops the to next Lindfield 1910. from date shops village The

Bee, and rare Jersey Tiger Jersey rare and Bee, been here since 1934; before, the parish extended further extended parish the before, 1934; since here been

Bois Lane and Village Shops Village and Lane Bois Spider, Lobe-spurred Furrow Lobe-spurred Spider, Chesham Bois Parish Council in 1894. The parish boundary has boundary parish The 1894. in Council Parish Bois Chesham

finds such as the Wasp the as such finds A memorial plaque by the railway bridge marks the creation of creation the marks bridge railway the by plaque memorial A

invertebrates, with notable with invertebrates,

is well-attended. is

F Railway Bridge and Waterside and Bridge Railway

and up to 176 species of species 176 to up and the War Memorial opposite. An annual Remembrance Service Remembrance annual An opposite. Memorial War the

surveys have identified 112 species of trees, shrubs and plants and shrubs trees, of species 112 identified have surveys Kennard. He designed many fine buildings locally as well as well as locally buildings fine many designed He Kennard.

Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, extensive Beauty, Natural Outstanding of Area Chilterns Dresden bombing. Dresden built c.1910 by renowned Arts and Crafts architect, John Harold John architect, Crafts and Arts renowned by c.1910 built

fauna, belongs to Chesham Bois Parish Council. Part of the of Part Council. Parish Bois Chesham to belongs fauna, Gisela, killed in the in killed Gisela, Although Tudor in style, Anne’s Corner (Grade II listed), was listed), II (Grade Corner Anne’s style, in Tudor Although

This rare chalk grassland, boasting a rich diversity of flora and flora of diversity rich a boasting grassland, chalk rare This

German half-sister German

B Anne’s Corner and War Memorial War and Corner Anne’s

V1 rocket and to her to and rocket V1

I The Meadow The

Sparrow, killed by the the by killed Sparrow,

1st Chesham Bois Scouts were also founded close by in 1908. 1908. in by close founded also were Scouts Bois Chesham 1st

Christina Hanbury Christina

District Guides to commemorate their 75th anniversary. The anniversary. 75th their commemorate to Guides District

the Tower of London in 1431 for supporting a Lollard rebellion. Lollard a supporting for 1431 in London of Tower the a poignant memorial to memorial poignant a

The bench by the bus-stop was provided by Amersham West Amersham by provided was bus-stop the by bench The

sympathisers locally. Sir Thomas Cheyne was imprisoned in imprisoned was Cheyne Thomas Sir locally. sympathisers in World War 1. There is There 1. War World in

exploded close by, killing two adults and a little girl in 1944. in girl little a and adults two killing by, close exploded

burnt at the stake in 1532. There were many Lollard many were There 1532. in stake the at burnt Rose (RAF), both killed both (RAF), Rose

philanthropist and IT entrepreneur also lived here. A V1 rocket V1 A here. lived also entrepreneur IT and philanthropist

for demanding the right to read the Bible in English. He was He English. in Bible the read to right the demanding for Peach (Canadian Infantry) and 2nd Lt Sidney Lasenby Lasenby Sidney Lt 2nd and Infantry) (Canadian Peach

with identifying shell shock. Dame Stephanie Shirley, Stephanie Dame shock. shell identifying with

was arrested in Chesham Bois woods and accused of heresy of accused and woods Bois Chesham in arrested was contains the Commonwealth War Graves of Lt Percy Walter Percy Lt of Graves War Commonwealth the contains

Sir Frederick Mott, the eminent psychiatrist, attributed attributed psychiatrist, eminent the Mott, Frederick Sir

Thomas Harding, the last of the Lollards to die for his beliefs, his for die to Lollards the of last the Harding, Thomas stained glass window of The Sower and Ruth. The churchyard The Ruth. and Sower The of window glass stained

new school was built, it was converted to a private house by house private a to converted was it built, was school new

many memorials to the Cheyne family and a 1913 Burne-Jones 1913 a and family Cheyne the to memorials many

H Martyr’s Memorial Martyr’s

Duke of Bedford. Lacemaking was taught here. In 1894, after a after 1894, In here. taught was Lacemaking Bedford. of Duke

in 1911 to accommodate the growing congregation. It contains It congregation. growing the accommodate to 1911 in

The village school was built in 1846 on land donated by the by donated land on 1846 in built was school village The

chancel. Largely rebuilt in the 1880s, the church was extended was church the 1880s, the in rebuilt Largely chancel.

of notable graves and wildlife. and graves notable of Leonard's Church. The original 13th century chapel is now the now is chapel century 13th original The Church. Leonard's

A The Old School House School Old The

at the entrance to the Burial Ground, which gives more details more gives which Ground, Burial the to entrance the at William de Bois built a private chapel in 1215, which became St became which 1215, in chapel private a built Bois de William

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A leaflet is available is leaflet A Rights. Human of Declaration Universal

by local landowner, Arthur Lasenby Liberty. Lasenby Arthur landowner, local by St Leonard’s Church and Churchyard and Church Leonard’s St

peer, he was President of the TUC and helped draft the draft helped and TUC the of President was he peer,

acres at the centre of the village, previously owned previously village, the of centre the at acres

Charles Dukes, 1st Baron Dukeston of Warrington. A Labour A Warrington. of Dukeston Baron 1st Dukes, Charles

sold as building plots, including, in 1896, the 60 the 1896, in including, plots, building as sold a professional artist, suffragist and society beauty, and of MP of and beauty, society and suffragist artist, professional a was built around a remaining fragment. remaining a around built was

the railway arrived. Much of the farmland was then was farmland the of Much arrived. railway the from World War II. It is also the resting place of Louise Jopling, Louise of place resting the also is It II. War World from Chesham Bois House, which includes an exquisite staircase, exquisite an includes which House, Bois Chesham

War Graves: three RAF servicemen and WREN Aileen Kilburn Aileen WREN and servicemen RAF three Graves: War fell in to disrepair when it passed to the Dukes of Bedford. of Dukes the to passed it when disrepair to in fell Book of 1086. It remained a small rural parish until parish rural small a remained It 1086. of Book

woodland area for natural burials. It has four Commonwealth four has It burials. natural for area woodland manor house. A later large manor house, built by the Cheynes, the by built house, manor large later A house. manor

The village was first mentioned in the Domesday the in mentioned first was village The

a Chapel and a Garden of Remembrance. It now includes a includes now It Remembrance. of Garden a and Chapel a to the church, may be on the site of William de Bois’ original Bois’ de William of site the on be may church, the to

and Points of Interest of Points and

The Chesham Bois Burial Ground was established in 1924 with 1924 in established was Ground Burial Bois Chesham The Time Team investigations in 2006 found that The Warren, next Warren, The that found 2006 in investigations Team Time

G D Chesham Bois Burial Ground Burial Bois Chesham Chesham Bois House and The Warren The and House Bois Chesham Chesham Bois History History Bois Chesham

CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Office, Glebe Way, Chesham Bois HP6 5ND Chesham Bois Email: [email protected] Website: www.cheshamboispc.org.uk VILLAGE WALK Telephone: 01494 432585

FOLLOW US: Twitter: @CheshamBoisPari J The Common and Bricky Pond Facebook: www.facebook.com/CheshamBoisPC 100 years ago the Common was still used for grazing animals. www.facebook.com/CheshamBoisBG It was much more open, mainly covered with gorse and bracken. Part of the Common is now the home of Chesham With thanks to: Bois Cricket Club. Cricket has been played here for over 200 years. This open space was also used for Victorian open-air religious festivals. One 1857 rally attracted nearly 1500 people. Memorial oaks round the pitch commemorate Royal events and the centenary of the Parish Council. The Dips and Bricky Pond are the remains of clay excavations used by local brickmakers. The Common is regularly used for community events.

K North Road Houses

The earliest house on the common was The Manor which was originally one of the four estate farms. There are some early labourers’ cottages and barns, now converted to homes. The artist Louise Jopling lived in the Manor and used Manor Barn as a studio. The grand former Rectory was built in 1833 by the Duke of Bedford for his relation, the Hon. Lowther Barrington. The other houses mainly date from the Edwardian period and include some fine Kennard Arts and Crafts houses.