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Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed 16th-century building in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. It was the former home of writer John Milton, and is open to the public as a writer's house museum.
Chalfont St Giles has hosted numerous Beer Festivals that take place on the village green, with the most notable being in 2014 when DJ Brandon Block hosted a set. [33] In May 2023, Chalfont St Giles hosted a street party to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. The event hosted thousands of people, with live music, barbeques, pop-up ...
Shrubs Wood is a privately owned, Grade II* listed, [1] Art Deco country house in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. Built between 1933 and 1934, Shrubs Wood was designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. [2] It is one of only two residential properties designed during their short partnership (the other is Cohen House in ...
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Jordans Quaker meeting house in 2013. In the 17th century the village became a centre for Quakerism. It has one of the oldest Friends meeting houses in the country, whose cemetery is the burial place of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, Isaac Pennington, as well as other notable Quakers. Close by is Old Jordans, originally ...
Little Chalfont is a 20th-century creation triggered by the coming of the Metropolitan Railway. A station called Chalfont Road was opened in 1889 at the northernmost point of Chalfont St Giles Parish where the parishes of Amersham, Chenies, and Chalfont St Giles met. At that time, the area was remote from the centres of the villages and towns ...
The Vache is an estate near Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire, England. Within the estate is a monument dedicated to the memory of Captain James Cook (1728–1779), the explorer. It has been owned or occupied by, among others, Hester and George Fleetwood, regicide of Charles I. [1]
In 1904 he bought 88 acres (36 ha) of land near Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. He again engaged Lutyens, but his design was not built due to Grove's financial difficulties. [12] [13] [14] A more modest house, "Pollards Park" was constructed, where he lived until his death. [1] [2] [15]