Little Chalfont

Infobox UK place
official_name= Little Chalfont
country= England
region= South East England
population= 4,497 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6077059&c=amersham&d=16&e=15&g=424713&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216510634062&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
os_grid_reference= SU995975
latitude= 51.667
longitude= -0.560
post_town= AMERSHAM
postcode_area= HP
postcode_district= HP7
dial_code= 01494
constituency_westminster=|constituency_westminster= Chesham & Amersham
civil_parish=
shire_district= Chiltern
shire_county= Buckinghamshire

Little Chalfont is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in a small group of villages called The Chalfonts which also consists of Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter. Little Chalfont is located 15 miles southeast of Aylesbury and 6 miles northwest of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.

Little Chalfont is a 20th century creation triggered by the coming of the Metropolitan Line railway. A station called Chalfont Road was opened in 1889 at the northernmost point of Chalfont St Giles Parish where the parishes of Amersham, Chenies, and Chalfont St Giles met. At that time the area was remote from the centres of the villages and towns and consisted of isolated farms and cottages and did not have a specific name.

The coming of the railway eventually brought local housing development and a community developed around the station, which was renamed to Chalfont and Latimer in 1915, a name which it retains today.

The first appearance of the name Little Chalfont is in the minutes of the Chalfont St Giles Parish Council on 15 January 1925 when, at the request of the inhabitants, it was agreed that the group of houses near the station should be named Little Chalfont instead of "Chalfont Road Village".

For many years, Little Chalfont was part of the Amersham Town Council area. Following a period of campaigning by local residents, the village was awarded separate Parish status in 2007. Most of the new Parish came from Amersham but a small part of Chalfont St Giles was also included.

Chalfont & Latimer station in Little Chalfont provides rail access to Central London via the Metropolitan Line and the London to Aylesbury Line.

There are three schools in Little Chalfont. 2 primary schools, Little Chalfont Primary School and Bell Lane Primary School, and Dr Challoner's High School: a girls' grammar school.

References

"A History of Little Chalfont" Ivor White 1993 published by The Little Chalfont Rural Preservation Society (now the Little Chalfont Village Society), Bucks, England.

External links

* [http://www.littlechalfont.org.uk Little Chalfont Village website]
* [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get//assets/docs/cab_20060123_item6.pdf Little Chalfont Library : Closure of libraries and their replacement by "alternative" library services]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/G1452 BBC National Campaign to save Little Chalfont Library]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A8864427 BBC article about Little Chalfont Library]
* [http://www.amersham.org.uk/chalfont/ Pictures of Little Chalfont]