A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LATIMER, a hamlet-chapelry in Chesham parish, Bucks; on the river Chess, adjacent to Herts, 3½ miles SE of Chesham, and 5½ NW of Rickmansworth r. station. It has a postal letter-box under Amersham. Real property, £2,283. Pop., returned with the parish. The manor belonged to the Latimers; passed to the Nevilles, the Grevilles, and the Sandys; and belongs now to Lord Chesham. Latimer House is Lord Chesham's seat. The living is a donative rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125. * Patron, Lord Chesham. The church was rebuilt after designs by Blore; is in the Tudor style; and has a handsome spire. There are a national school for boys, an industrial school for girls, and an infant school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chesham AP/CP Latimer Ch/Hmlt/CP Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Latimer |
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