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thumb|St Mary's Church Chesham ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt. It is in the Chess Valley, surrounded by farmland. The earliest records of Chesham as a settlement are from the second half of the 10th century, although there is archaeological evidence of people in this area from around 8000 BC. Henry III granted a royal charter for a weekly market in 1257.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Chesham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Chesham Clock Tower - geograph.org.uk - 2445075.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Clock Tower, located in the Market Square
- UK place.population
- 23,088
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP965015
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chesham
- UK place.unitary_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CHESHAM
- UK place.postcode_area
- HP
- UK place.postcode_district
- HP5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01494
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chesham and Amersham
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Buckinghamshire
- Population
- 20323
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.chesham.gov.uk
- Image
- Chesham Market Sq Clock.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01494
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- twinned administrative body
- Archena
- Commons category
- Chesham
- postal code
- HP5
- OS grid reference
- SP965015
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Kuno Meyer
via Wikidata · CC0
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On the map
3 mapped locations