Chesham, Buckinghamshire

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Chesham is a town in Buckinghamshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Chesham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Chesham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chesham, market town and par. with ry. sta., mid. Bucks, on river Chess, 5 miles SW. of Berkhampstead ry. sta. and 18 miles NW. of London, 12,746 ac., pop. 6502; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Wednesday.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chesham Bois. par., mid. Bucks, on river Chess, 7 miles SW. of Berkhampstead ry. sta., 910 ac., pop. 351.

Chesham in the Domesday Book

A village in Burnham hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

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