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Local Information for Chalfont St. Giles

Chalfont St Giles is a village in south east Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, on the edge of the Chilterns, 25 miles from London, and near to Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.

Chalfont means chalk spring, in reference to the water carrying capacities of the local terrain. St Giles was a saint.

There is a Norman church originally built between 1150-1180, with a fine example of a lychgate. There is also a duck pond, which receives its water from the River Misbourne.

In the Domesday Book in 1086 Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter are listed as separate Manors with different owners. 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.

During the Great ...More