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Coordinates: 51°40′30″N 0°31′55″W / 51.675°N 0.532°W
Chenies 
Chenies
Chenies shown within BuckinghamshirePopulation 238 [1] OS grid reference TQ016984 Parish Chenies District Chiltern Shire county Buckinghamshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town RICKMANSWORTH Postcode district WD3 Dialling code 01494 Police Thames Valley Fire Buckinghamshire Ambulance South Central EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Chesham & Amersham List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire Chenies is a village in the very eastern part of south Buckinghamshire, England, near the border with Hertfordshire. It is situated to the east of Chesham and the Chalfonts. Chenies is also a civil parish within Chiltern district.
Until the 13th century, the village name was Isenhampstead. There were two villages here, called Isenhampstead Chenies and Isenhampstead Latimers, distinguished by the lords of the manors of those two places. In the 19th century the prefix was dropped and the two villages became known as Chenies and Latimer.
St Michael's Church
Near this village there was once a royal hunting-box, where both King Edward I and King Edward II were known to have resided.[2] It was the owner of this lodge, Edward III's shield bearer, Thomas Cheyne, who first gave his name to the village[2] and his descendant, Sir John Cheyne, who built Chenies Manor House in around 1460 on the site.[3]
Several paper mills were once established in Chenies, operated by the River Chess, which flowed here from further west in Buckinghamshire.
The parish church of St Michael includes the Bedford Chapel, burial place of many notable members of the Russell family. The church is not of great architectural interest but stands in a delightful position in the Chess Valley near the manor house. "The fabulous series of monuments to the Russells, Dukes of Bedford, and their connexions ... [are according to] the late Mrs. Esdaile ...'one of the finest collections of tombs in England'."[4]
Chenies and Latimer Cricket Club plays at the cricket ground situated in the village.
See also
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
- ^ a b "Extract from Chenies Church and Monuments by Adeline Marie Bedford published 1901". http://www.cb5.co.uk/annsemark.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Chenies Manor House". AboutBritain.com. http://www.aboutbritain.com/CheniesManorHouse.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
- ^ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 126
External links
- Chenies Village Web
- Chenies School
- Chenies and Latimer Cricket Club
- Peterson Family Home Page
- Walking in Buckinghamshire
Categories:- Villages in Buckinghamshire
- Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
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