Chicheley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a Unitary authority and Borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England 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 village is about 2½ miles north east of Newport Pagnell. Newport Pagnell is a Town in the Borough of Milton Keynes (ceremonial Buckinghamshire) England.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means Cicca's clearing. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village was recorded as Cicelai. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey
The manor of Chicheley (which some suggest may have once been called Thickthorn) anciently belonged to the Pagnell family of Newport Pagnell, but was given by them to the church. This article is about the medieval system "Manors" redirects here Through this connection the village also at one time belonged to Cardinal Wolsey, though only until his forced resignation by King Henry VIII who took all his possessions from him at that time. Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c1470–1471 – November 28 or November 29 1530 who was born in Ipswich Suffolk England was an English Statesman and a cardinal Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of
During the English Civil War, the manor, belonging to the Chester family, received some considerable damage, associated as it was with the garrison at Newport Pagnell. The English Civil War (1642-1651 was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops Following the civil war, the manor was demolished, and the present Chicheley Hall built on the site. Chicheley Hall, in Chicheley, traditional Buckinghamshire, was built in the first quarter of the 18th century in the Baroque style. All that remains of the old manor today is one Jacobean over-mantel with termini caryatids, and some panelling in the 'new' Chicheley Hall. The Jacobean style is the name given to the second phase of Renaissance Architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. An "overdoor" (or "supraporte") is a painting Bas-relief or decorative panel generally in a horizontal format that is set within ornamental Origins The origins of the term are unclear It is first recorded in the Latin form caryatides by the Roman architect Vitruvius.
The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence and has a perpendicular style central tower with large windows. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches In Geometry, two lines or planes (or a line and a plane are considered perpendicular (or orthogonal) to each other if they form congruent Towers are tall human-made Structures that are always taller than they are wide usually by a significant Margin. The chancel, which contains a fine plaster depicting floral wreaths in relief, and a stone reredos, was rebuilt circa 1708; however, the church dates from the 14th century. "Chancel" is an architectural term for the space around the Altar at the Liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building There are two common meanings of the word reredos. In general architecture the word can mean the back of an open hearth of a fireplace or a screen placed behind a table Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In the nave are raised box pews, giving a theatrical air. In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the Box pew is a type of church Pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England and other protestant countries from the 16th to early 19th century The church contains monuments to Anthony Cave. A monument is a structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of past Cave's sarcophagus is a cadaver tomb. A sarcophagus is a Funeral receptacle for a Corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone A cadaver tomb (or " Memento mori Tomb " Latin for "reminder of death" is a Church monument or Tomb featuring Other monuments dating from 1635 are to the Chester family of Chicheley Hall.
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- Neil Rees "The Secret History of The Czech Connection – The Czechoslovak Government in Exile in London and Buckinghamshire" compiled by Neil Rees, England, 2005. ISBN 0-9550883-0-5
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