31 Facts About Chesham

Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.

Chesham is known for its four Bs — boots, beer, brushes and Baptists.

Chesham has become a commuter town with improved connection to London via the London Underground and road networks.

Chesham's held an estate here which she bequeathed to Abingdon Abbey.

Chesham rebuilt the original Bury and manor house of Great Chesham in 1712.

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Chesham is noted for the religious dissent which dominated the town from the 15th century.

In 1630 Aquila Chase left Chesham to join the colony, settling first at Hampton, then Newbury, Massachusetts.

In 1635 the townsfolk of Chesham protested to the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Sir Peter Temple, who was reluctantly enforcing a writ requiring payment of a levy to the King.

Alfred Burt, a corporal in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment from Chesham, received the Victoria Cross for his actions in September 1915.

Chesham Building Society opened for business in 1845 and continued to operate until June 2010, when it was taken over by the Skipton Building Society.

In 1930 the Chesham Palace was refurbished to show the new 'talkies' and reopened as The Astoria which remained in business until 1959 when the arrival of television forced it to close.

Chesham is in the Chiltern Hills and from its lowest point of 295 feet above sea level rises up valley sides.

Chesham developed as a market town which prospered through its manufacturing industries fuelled by a series of mills which sprung up along the River Chess.

Chesham had two workhouses, both buildings survived and are located in Germain Street.

Field enclosure started in the early 16th century and although almost completed by the mid 19th century the productivity of Chesham farms provided work for over 450 agricultural labourers.

Until the 18th century, the economic activity of Chesham had remained largely unchanged since the granting of its town charter in 1257.

Today Chesham has a diverse economic base comprising many typically small-medium-sized enterprises representing all business sectors.

Chesham has two tiers of local government: Chesham Town Council and Buckinghamshire Council.

Parish of Chesham was made a Local Government District in 1884, governed by a local board, which then became Chesham Urban District Council in 1894.

Oldest church building in Chesham is St Mary's Church which dates from at least the 12th century.

Chesham has a long history of religious dissent, such as the persecuted Lollards, followers of the John Wycliffe tradition.

In contrast to other towns in south Buckinghamshire, Chesham historically was not well served by road transport links.

Chesham is connected by services to nearby Amersham, and further afield to High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, and Uxbridge.

Between the 1960s and the mid-1990s Primary education provision in Chesham was organised into First and Middle with some Combined Schools taking pupils across the whole age range .

Chesham Preparatory School is an independent school which opened in 1938 in the town and shortly after relocated to the outskirts of Chesham at Orchard Leigh, providing fee-paying and scholarship-supported education.

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Chesham is the location of a nationally renowned Special school, Heritage House School which first opened in April 1968 and caters for pupils between the ages of 2 to 19 with severe learning difficulties.

Chesham Adult Learning Centre in Charteridge Lane, ElmTree School, ElmTree Hill, The Douglas McMinn Centre in East Street and The White Hill Centre White Hill.

Chesham Museum is a newly established museum for the town and surrounding area which opened in 2004 having first been conceived in 1981.

Chesham Library opened in Chesham in 1923 in a room at Cemetery Lodge on Berkhamsted Road.

Chesham United F C is the local football club which plays in the Southern League.

Chesham has a Junior section, which competes in Buckinghamshire and national competitions.