Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles
St Giles' parish church
Chalfont St Giles is located in Buckinghamshire
Chalfont St Giles
Chalfont St Giles
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population5,925 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU9893
Civil parish
  • Chalfont St Giles
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChalfont St. Giles
Postcode districtHP8
Dialling code01494
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteThe Chalfont St Giles village website
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°38′N 0°34′W / 51.63°N 0.57°W / 51.63; -0.57

Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont.

It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, central London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.[2]

The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village.[3] The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001.[citation needed] Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving home.[4]

  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Villages and towns - Chiltern District Council". Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Chalfonts". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ "'England hath need of thee': appeal to save Milton's Paradise Lost cottage | John Milton | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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