Flaunden is a village on the Bucks/Herts border. Old Flaunden was on the banks of the River Chess in Buckinghamshire but moved up the hill into Hertfordshire. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...
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Flaunden village, some 300ft above sea level, has a background of history - it was on one of the Roman roads from Nash Mills to High Wycombe.
Flaunden, pronounced 'Flarnden' by the locals, is known as the village that moved, as today, the village lies on a hilltop less than two miles from the old site.
Unusually, it was built in the shape of a Greek cross and had a square tower surmounted by a Herfordshire spike.
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