| Chalfont St Giles | |
  Chalfont St Giles shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 6,696 (Ward) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Chiltern |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHALFONT ST GILES |
| Postcode district | HP8 |
| Dialling code | 01494 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Chesham & Amersham |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Chalfont St Giles is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Chilterns, 25 miles from London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Quality of Rural Life In May 2008 the district was named by the Halifax bank as having the best rural quality of life anywhere in Britain Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area, is a group of twenty-three postal districts in north west Hertfordshire and East Buckinghamshire The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police services in England and the largest non- metropolitan one covering 2200 sq mi (5700 The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Buckinghamshire. The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Chesham and Amersham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Chiltern Hills are a Chalk Escarpment in Southeast England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Seer Green is a Village and Civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England. Jordans is a Village located in Chalfont St Giles Parish in Buckinghamshire, England. Chalfont St Peter is a Village and Civil parish within Chiltern district in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. Little Chalfont is a Village and Civil parish in Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England. Amersham is a Market town and Civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, 27 miles north west of
Chalfont means chalk spring, in reference to the water carrying capacities of the local terrain. Chalk (ʧɔːk is a soft white porous Sedimentary rock, a form of Limestone composed of the Mineral Calcite. A spring is a point where Groundwater flows out of the ground and is thus where the Aquifer surface meets the ground surface Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life.
There is a Norman church originally built between 1150-1180, with a fine example of a lychgate. For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy. A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse is a gateway There is also a duck pond, which receives its water from the River Misbourne. For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. The River Misbourne rises in a field on the outskirts of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, and flows down the Misbourne valley to join the River Colne just
In the Domesday Book in 1086 Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter are listed as separate Manors with different owners. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey They were separate holding before the Norman Conquest although at one time they may have been one.
Like most other rural parishes it managed its civil affairs through the vestry until the Local Government Act 1894 required all parishes of over 300 people to have a Parish council independent of the Church. A vestry is a storage room in or attached to a church or Synagogue. A Parish council is a unit of Local government in Great Britain.
During the Great Plague of London in 1665, John Milton retired to Chalfont St Giles, which is where he completed his epic poem Paradise Lost. The Great Plague (1665-1666 was a massive outbreak of Disease in England that killed 75000 to 100000 people up to a fifth of London 's population John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and Milton's Cottage is still in the village, and is open to the public. Milton's Cottage is a timber framed 16th century building located in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. The inspiration for Paradise Regained is said to have been found in this parish from a conversation with a former pupil, Thomas Ellwood. Thomas Ellwood (1639-1713 was an English religious writer He was born in Oxfordshire, the son of a rural squire
The birthplace of J.T. Hearne, one of the greatest bowlers of the 1890s and 1900s, who also died there in 1944. John Thomas Hearne (born May 3, 1867 in Buckinghamshire, died April 17, 1944 in Buckinghamshire (known either as Jack Hearne Muralijpg|thumb|250px|right|The world's leading off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a delivery]] A bowler in the Sport of Cricket is usually
The village is twinned with Graft-De Rijp in the Netherlands. Graft-De Rijp is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
Harry Golombek, British chess champion, major writer on chess and a wartime codebreaker at Bletchley Park, lived in the village after the war. Harry Golombek OBE ( March 1[[ 911]]– January 7 1995) was a British Chess International Master and honorary grandmaster The pop musician Brian Connolly lived in the village before his death. Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on albums before 1974 and singles before 1975 were a popular 1970s British band. Brian Cant lives in the village. Brian Cant (born 12 July 1933) is an English Actor, Television presenter and Writer.
The village has also given its name to Chalfont, Pennsylvania, which is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Chalfont is a home rule municipality in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Bucks County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania.
"Chalfonts" is Cockney rhyming slang for piles, this is derived from "Chalfont St Giles" but as is typical with Cockney rhyming slang, the part of the phrase which rhymes with the derivative is omitted. The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations Rhyming slang is a form of Slang in which a word is replaced either by another word or phrase that rhymes with it or by the first word of such a phrase in which Hemorrhoids ( AmE) haemorrhoids ( BrE) emerods, or piles are varicosities or swelling and Inflammation There is a Viz character named Nobby Piles (itself a euphemism) who is forever moaning 'Ooh me chalfonts!'
Film and TV History
Chalfont St Giles doubled as Walmington-on-Sea in the 1971 film version of Dad's Army. Viz is a popular British adult Comic magazine that has been running since 1979 Nobby's Piles is the name of a Cartoon in the British Comic Viz. A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener or in the case of doublespeak Walmington-on-Sea is a fictional Seaside resort where the BBC Television Sitcom, BBC radio series and film Dad's Army was Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War. John Laurie, one of the main actors, lived there in nearby Chalfont St Peter. For the Canadian mountain see Mount John Laurie. John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 &ndash 23 June 1980 was a Scottish
2003 BBC Drama The Canterbury Tales was filmed in and around Chalfont St Giles. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in Prose, the rest in verse) The drama starred Billie Piper and James Nesbitt and most notably included filming in and outside the 'Merlin's Cave' pub which is situated right on the village green. Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965 is a Northern Irish actor
Chalfont St Giles was a retreat of the young Jean and Lionel in the BBC sitcom "As Time Goes By" and an episode of the series was filmed there.
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