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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.

(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
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