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Cholesbury-&-St Leonard's Local History Group

Cholesbury-&-St Leonard's Local History Group is an amateur society founded in the early Sixties to stimulate interest in the Hilltop Villages. A regular feature has been the talks by guest speakers, be they acknowledged experts or enthusiastic amateurs, and the emphasis is naturally on subjects local to the Chilterns.

No one who delves into history comes away without regretting a lack of documentation on some aspect or other. The Group has built up a fairly substantial archive of local documents, maps and photographs but this can never be complete and additions from any source are welcome, however trivial they may seem. Help us to record today what may not exist tomorrow, whether it be a building or a bus service!

You can read the programme for this year's (2011/12) talks here.


Contacting the Local History Group

The Local History Group welcomes enquiries from those interested in the history of the area; the people who once lived here, the buildings, the places and events. We are interested in hearing about any information relating to your family members you are researching and can help with any photographs you might need interpreting. Although we are not a Genealogy Society we will endevour to answer your questions, though we recommend you contact the Buckinghamshire Family History Society who are best placed to deal with family history.

If you would like to contact the Local History Group our email address is localhistorygroup@cholesbury.com


Newsletter

An excellent newsletter is published on a regular basis for members.

Local history newsletter

Newsletter No. 15: 2011/12 No. 14: 2010/11 No. 13: 2009/10
No. 10: 2006/07 No. 11: 2007/08 No. 12: 2008/09
No. 7: 2003/04 No. 8: 2004/05 No. 9: 2005/06
No. 4: 2000/01 No. 5: 2001/02 No. 6: 2002/03
No. 1: 1997/98 No. 2: 1998/99 No. 3: 1999/2k

(These files are in PDF format. For free reader software download Acrobat from Adobe if you don't already have it.)

 

Local History Site Index

This year's Programme of Events

From Danish tax collectors to Chiltern District Council - a history of the parish

An Iron Age Hill fort in our midst - Prehistoric Settlements

Bankruptcy strikes in the Chilterns - Cholesbury and the Poor Laws

Our connection to the New Colonies - The Putnam Family

History of the Pubs in the Parish - it appears that the hilltop villages were very thirsty places in years gone by.

What story can these hedgerows tell about the history of our locality?

"Beating the Bounds" - when walking round in circles makes good sense.

Neither grim nor really a ditch - Grim's Ditch

"Men's Club", as was - Cholesbury Village Hall


The latest information about the Field Names Survey

 

2011 - 2012 programme

Fri 7 October 2011

Cholesbury
Village Hall

BYGONE IMPLEMENTS OF HOME AND FARM

Sarah Oliver is a former NT steward and enthusiastic collector of rural bygones.

Fri 4 November

St Leonards
Parish Hall

JOURNEY TO CHALGROVE FIELD

Mike Payne is the Chairman of Princes Risborough Heritage Society.

Fri 2 December

St Leonards
Parish Hall

NELSON’S WOMEN

Dr. Nick Slope is a naval historian, archaeologist & Editor of the Nelson Dispatch.

Fri 6 January 2012

St Leonards
Parish Hall

THE RISBOROUGH TO WATLINGTON RAILWAY

Roger Fagg is the Chairman of the Icknield Railway Society.

Fri 3 February

St Leonards
Parish Hall

A WIGGINTON SNAPSHOT

Richard Tregoning is Chairman of Wigginton History Society.

Fri 2 March

St Leonards
Parish Hall

EXPERIENCES OF AN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CORONER

Rodney Corner is a former coroner for North Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

Fri 13 April

St Leonards
Parish Hall

FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE

Richard Day is a former HM Queen's book restorer in the Royal Palaces.

Fri 4 May

 

Cholesbury
Village Hall
8 pm sharp

Annual General Meeting followed by BORSTALL TOWER

John Waller is a guide at Berkhamsted Castle and Boarstall Tower.

All meetings at 8:00 pm for 8:15pm
(except AGM 8 pm sharp)

Adult Membership: £8.00 p.a.
Junior Membership (below school minimum leaving age): Free
Visitors welcome: £3.00 per meeting

Please contact Chris Brown 01494 758890 for further information


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