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An amble through the Chess Valley

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2023

An amble through the Chess Valley

I did this walk on 25 March 2022 and finally published it on 7 April 2023.

After my initial walk from South Ealing to Northfields, I returned to London after the 'second lockdown' only in March 2022. Feeling that sparkling Spring day like a walk in the countryside, I headed for Chesham and ambled part of the Chess Valley Walk.

While normally I'd describe the streets walked along, this doesn't apply so much in this case. I left Chesham, hit the countryside and walked via the village of Latimer to Chalfont and Latimer station.





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Drakewood Road, SW16
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Loraine Brocklehurst    
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Holcombe Road, N17
I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada.

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Corfield Street, E2
My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman.

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Milson Road (1908 - 1954)
My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser.

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Rendlesham Road, E5
I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable.

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Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes.

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Southwood Road, SE9
My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Chesham Chesham is the fourth largest town in Buckinghamshire, situated on a spur of the Metropolitian Line - the further point from the centre of London of any other tube station.
Chesham
Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer walk An amble through the Chess Valley
Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer walk

NEARBY STREETS
Albert Road, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Albert Road, HP5
Amy Lane, HP5 Amy Lane was formerly known by the name King Street.
Amy Lane, HP5
Aspect Apartments, HP5 Aspect Apartments lies on the south side of Station, Road, Chesham.
Aspect Apartments, HP5
Aureole House, HP5 Aureole House is a block on Church Street.
Aureole House, HP5
Baines Walk, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Baines Walk, HP5
Blucher Street, HP5 Blucher Street is part of the central area of old Chesham.
Blucher Street, HP5
Broadway Court, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Broadway Court, HP5
Bury Lane, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Bury Lane, HP5
Chessbury Close, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Chessbury Close, HP5
Chiltern House, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Chiltern House, HP5
Church Street, HP5 Church Street is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Church Street, HP5
Conspect House, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Conspect House, HP5
Cooks Yard, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Cooks Yard, HP5
Darsham Walk, HP5 Darsham Walk is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Darsham Walk, HP5
Dawes Close, HP5 Dawes Close is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Dawes Close, HP5
Duck Alley, HP5 Duck Alley is a footpath in Chesham, off of Germain Street.
Duck Alley, HP5
East Street, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
East Street, HP5
Elgiva Lane, HP5 Elgiva Lane is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Elgiva Lane, HP5
Enterprises Ltd, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Enterprises Ltd, HP5
Flaunden Bottom, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Flaunden Bottom, HP5
Forelands Way, HP5 Forelands Way is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Forelands Way, HP5
Germain Street, HP5 Germain Street spans the River Chess in Chesham
Germain Street, HP5
Germains Close, HP5 Germains Close is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Germains Close, HP5
High Street, HP5 High Street is a road in the HP5 postcode area
High Street, HP5
Hospital Hill, HP5 Hospital Hill is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Hospital Hill, HP5
King Street, HP5 King Street is a road in the HP5 postcode area
King Street, HP5
Larkin Industrial Estate, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Larkin Industrial Estate, HP5
Lewins Yard, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Lewins Yard, HP5
Lowndes House, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Lowndes House, HP5
Market Square, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Market Square, HP5
Meades Lane, HP5 Meades Lane is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Meades Lane, HP5
Mineral Lane, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Mineral Lane, HP5
Missenden Road, HP5 Missenden Road connects Chesham with the west.
Missenden Road, HP5
Old Bells Court, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Old Bells Court, HP5
Park Road, HP5 Park Road is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Park Road, HP5
Pednormead End, HP5 Pednormead End is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Pednormead End, HP5
Punch Bowl Lane, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Punch Bowl Lane, HP5
Randall Way, HP5 Randall Way is a location in London.
Randall Way, HP5
Red Lion Street, HP5 Red Lion Street is one of the main roads in Chesham.
Red Lion Street, HP5
Springfield Road Industrial Estate, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Springfield Road Industrial Estate, HP5
Springfield Road, HP5 Springfield Road is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Springfield Road, HP5
St Mary’s Way, HP5 St Mary’s Way is a road in the HP5 postcode area
St Mary’s Way, HP5
Station Road, HP5 Station Road connects the station with the High Street.
Station Road, HP5
Stones Courtyard, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Stones Courtyard, HP5
The Backs, HP5 The Backs is a road in the HP5 postcode area
The Backs, HP5
The Broadway, HP5 The Broadway is the name for part of Chesham High Street.
The Broadway, HP5
The Bury, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
The Bury, HP5
Town Bridge Court, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
Town Bridge Court, HP5
Townfield, HP5 Townfield is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Townfield, HP5
Treacher’s Close, HP5 Treacher’s Close is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Treacher’s Close, HP5
Water Lane, HP5 Water Lane lies off of Germain Street, Chesham.
Water Lane, HP5
Watermeadow, HP5 Watermeadow is a road in the HP5 postcode area
Watermeadow, HP5
Wey Lane, HP5 Wey Lane is an old road of Chesham.
Wey Lane, HP5
White Lion Yard, HP5 A street within the HP5 postcode
White Lion Yard, HP5

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The George and Dragon
The George and Dragon
The Queens Head
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Chesham

Chesham is the fourth largest town in Buckinghamshire, situated on a spur of the Metropolitian Line - the further point from the centre of London of any other tube station.

The town is known for its four Bs, usually quoted as:- boots, beer, brushes and Baptists.

Chesham’s prosperity grew significantly during the 18th and 19th centuries with the development of manufacturing industry.

In the face of fierce competition from both home and abroad all these traditional industries rapidly declined. The ready availability of skilled labour encouraged new industries to the town both before and after the end of the Second World War.

Today employment in the town is provided by mainly small business engaged in light industry, technology and professional services.

From the early part of the 20th century onwards there has been a considerable expansion of the town with new housing developments and civic infrastructure. Increasingly Chesham has also become a commuter town with improved connection to London via the Underground and road networks. The town centre has been progressively redeveloped since the 1960s and was pedestrianised in the 1990s.

The population of the town has increased to slightly over 20,000 but further growth has been restricted because the area forms part of the Metropolitan Green Belt.


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Duck Alley, houses beside the stream (c.1910)
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Amy Mill on Amy Lane, out in Metroland A view of the mill house with a horse and cart delivering milk, c. 1935
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The Broadway cattle trough. This junction was long considered the central point of the town.
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Blucher Street and the ’Blue Ball’ public house around the turn of the twentieth century
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Red Lion Street in Chesham (early twentieth century)
Credit: Chesham Museum
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Germain Street in Chesham (1949). In the photo we can see the premises of G. Marshall, G. and Sons Ltd.
Credit: Buckinghamshire County Council
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Weller’s brewery dray outside the Queen’s Head in Chesham (1899)
Credit: Amersham Museum
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The first train to ever arrive at Chesham, 8 July 1889 Chesham must be the most trivia-filled Underground station - the northernmost, westernmost, furthest station from the next down the line, a preserved signal box on a section of line with no signalling system AND it still has its water tower to replenish steam trains
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Boys standing in Missenden Road, near to the junction with Church Street
Old London postcard
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GCR 4-4-2 locomotive B.R. No. 67438 on the Chesham branch (1949)
Credit: Chesham Museum
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