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Chesham Bois
St Leonard's Church, Chesham Bois
Chesham Bois is located in Buckinghamshire
Chesham Bois
Chesham Bois
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population3,117 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU965995
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAMERSHAM
Postcode districtHP6
Dialling code01494
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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England
Buckinghamshire
51°41′06″N 0°36′18″W / 51.685°N 0.605°W / 51.685; -0.605

Chesham Bois (traditionally /ˌɛsəmˈbɔɪz/, but now more commonly /ˌɛʃəmˈbɔɪz/) is a village in the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England, adjacent to both Amersham and Chesham.

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History

Initially a hamlet in the parish of Chesham, the manor was assessed at 1½ hides in the reign of King Edward the Confessor.[2] The estate belonged to a brother of King Harold, who was killed with him at the Battle of Hastings, and William the Conqueror probably gave this "royal" land to his own half-brother, Odo, Bishop of Bayeux.[3] The village gets its name from the de Bosco family[4] (the French version of which was "de Bois") and by 1213 in the reign of King John a William du Bois was holding the manor.[2] By about 1430, in the reign of Henry VI, the manor had been acquired by the Cheynes of Chenies who remained for over 300 years, before conveying the manor to the Duke of Bedford in 1735.[2][5] Chesham Bois House, the site of the manor, was the subject of an archaeological excavation by television programme Time Team, which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in March 2007.[6][7]

During the 1920s and 30s, the Metropolitan Railway’s Amersham station was named “Amersham and Chesham Bois”.

Famous people

Famous people born in Chesham Bois include the crime writer and composer Edmund Crispin; Lieutenant Commander Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy during World War II; and Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England. Chesham Bois was for a time, home to artist William Monk.

Today

The village contains two churches: the Anglican church of St. Leonard's (started in the 12th century) and the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (built in 1915 and extended in 1953), which also houses the traditionalist Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.[8] Chesham Bois C of E School (1893)[2] is located down Bois Lane, a mixed primary school with over 200 pupils. The Beacon School is also located in the village and is an independent preparatory school educating over 400 boys. Also located in the village is Our Lady's Roman Catholic Combined School which is opposite the church of the same name. Elangeni School is situated at the end of Woodside Avenue and is a mixed state school. A 40-acre (160,000 m2) sycamore and ash wood and common is the site of a cricket pavilion, as well as being the site for the biennial village fete.

Although "two hundred years ago it was in the depths of the country, a small village with no more than twenty-four houses",[9] today some of Chesham Bois merges into Amersham-on-the-Hill.

References

  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 2 February 2013
  2. ^ a b c d Page, William, ed. (1925). "Parishes: Chesham Bois". A History of the County of Buckingham. Vol. 3. London: Victoria County History. pp. 218–221.
  3. ^ "A history of Chesham Bois House". Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  4. ^ "mention of the name de Bosco in 1806 in "Magna Britannia"". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Details of the Cheyne  family links for Chesham Bois". Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  6. ^ "The Cheyne gang". Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Discussion on Time Team Forum". Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Chesham Bois - FSSP UK". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ^ Hickin, Leonard (1970). "Thomas Clarke of Chesham Bois" (PDF). Churchman. Watford: Church Society. 84 (2): 130–3. ISSN 0009-661X.

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