Seer Green

Infobox UK place
official_name= Seer Green
country= England
region= South East England
static_

static_image_caption= Holy Trinity Church, Seer Green
population= 2,263 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792131&c=Seer+Green&d=16&e=15&g=424802&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216588444718&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
os_grid_reference= SU965919
latitude= 51.617614
longitude= -0.605287
post_town= Beaconsfield
postcode_area= HP
postcode_district= HP9
dial_code= 01494
constituency_westminster=
civil_parish= Seer Green
shire_district= Chiltern
shire_county= Buckinghamshire

Seer Green is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about a mile east of Beaconsfield and a mile south-west of Chalfont St Giles.

The village name "Seer" is French in origin, and means "dry or arid place". In manorial rolls of 1223 it was called "La Sere". [ [http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads/publications/SeerGreenwalk.pdf Seer Green Green and Beaconsfield Walk] ] Although local legend has it that the "Seer" refers to King Arthur's Court visiting the area and locals consulting his "seer" - a nice story but of doubtful origin. Even so there is a pub called Merlin's Cave in the nearby village, Chalfont St Giles, after this legend. The affix "Green" came later.

The village is home to Seer Green C of E School, the brick and flint Holy Trinity Church with lancet windows that was built in 1846, a Baptist Church and a strong Scout group. The Scouts of the village are well known in the area for being placed well in annual competitions and for providing leisure activities for young children and teenagers.

It is also a station (Seer Green and Jordans) on the Chiltern Line between Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross. The station was originally called Beaconsfield Golf Club railway station, the golf club being situated next door, but the name was later changed to reflect its position between the two villages.

The village, until the early part of the 20th Century was mainly an agricultural one and was renown for its cherry orchards. The remnants of some of these orchards remain and in honour of this tradition the local school holds a "Cherry Pie Fair" every summer which is a great day out for the village and usually involves a fancy dress parade and a procession through the village.

The village became formally a separate civil parish in 1866, having previously been a hamlet of the parish of Farnham Royal. It had levied a separate poor rate before then.

Notable people

Seer Green is home to variety of interesting people including music stars, a popular talent show host, several BBC weather men, and a breakfast newsreader.

Demography

As of the 2001 UK census, the Seer Green electoral ward had a population of 2,267. The ethnicity was 98% white, 0.6% mixed race, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% black and 0.5% other. The place of birth of residents was 88.7% United Kingdom, 0.7% Republic of Ireland, 2.6% other Western European countries, and 8% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 78% Christian, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0% Sikh, 0.7% Jewish, and 0.3% Muslim. 14% were recorded as having no religion, 0.4% had an alternative religion and 6.1% did not state their religion.cite web | title = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5948322&c=Seer+Green&d=14&g=424802&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1208776007828&enc=1&domainId=16 | accessdate = 2008-04-21]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 40.6% in full-time employment, 11.2% in part-time employment, 13.6% self-employed, 1.3% unemployed, 2.2% students with jobs, 3.6% students without jobs, 13.7% retired, 9.9% looking after home or family, 2.1% permanently sick or disabled and 1.8% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 14% retail, 10.8% manufacturing, 5.5% construction, 25.7% real estate, 9.3% health and social work, 8% education, 6.3% transport and communications, 3.5% public administration, 2.3% hotels and restaurants, 4.9% finance, 1.1% agriculture and 8.6% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in real estate, and a relatively low proportion in public administration, hotels and restaurants. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 36.2% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.

References

* [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10157780&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain]