Towns & cities · West Midlands
Chesham Bois
Chesham Bois — village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Amersham · 1.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Chesham Bois is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 2,947 people. Address: HP6. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.6850°, -0.6050°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Chesham Bois (traditionally CHESS-əm BOYZ, but now more commonly CHESH-əm BOYZ) is a village in the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England, adjacent to both Amersham and Chesham.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Initially a hamlet in the parish of Chesham, the manor was assessed at 1½ hides in the reign of King Edward the Confessor. The village gets its name from the de Bosco family (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. 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. During the 1920s and 30s, the Metropolitan Railway’s Amersham station was named “Amersham and Chesham Bois”.
Visiting
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. Chesham Bois C of E School (1893) today some of Chesham Bois merges into Amersham-on-the-Hill.
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- Coordinates
- 51.6850, -0.6050
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish
- Chesham Bois
- Postcode
- HP6
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Population
- 2,947
- Nearest railway station
- Amersham — 1.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q637711 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Chesham Bois (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Leonard's, Chesham Bois - geograph.org.uk - 125713.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chesham Bois?
- Chesham Bois is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode HP6), in the parish of Chesham Bois.
- Is Chesham Bois a protected site?
- Yes — Chesham Bois is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Chesham Bois free to visit?
- Yes, Chesham Bois is free to enter.
- How do I get to Chesham Bois?
- The nearest railway station is Amersham, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode HP6.