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Chesham

Chesham
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About Chesham

Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 11 miles (18ย km) south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about 26 miles (42ย km) 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.

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Chesham is on the Metropolitan line.

from Little Fish: Release The Naughty List, 2026-03-15 at 00:11:51 ยท read transcript

Other times Chesham came up

  1. That, so if you go online and put in The Archers tour, you'll find dates for that. Go see Angst. She's a brilliant stand-up. She's on tour right now. On the 11th of April, she's going to be in Chesham, and then there's places like Hastings, and Hemelhamstead, and Ivy Bridge, Hereford. A lot of these shows are nearly sold out, so get your tickets now. Hemelhamstead is where all the hamsters live that used to live in Hemelhamstead, isn't.

    No Such Thing As Elizabeth I's Burnt Umber, 2026-04-02 ยท listen

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Coordinates: 51.7050, -0.6111

Thoughts on this place?

๐ŸŸ Reel me another one ยท โ† Back to the map