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Gerrards Cross is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the very south of the county, near the border with Hertfordshire and Greater London, south of Chalfont St Peter. The village is located in the South Bucks local government district, which was known as the Beaconsfield district from 1974 to 1980. This had been formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of part of Eton Rural District (including Gerrards Cross) with Beaconsfield urban district. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ...
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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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History
The village name is fairly new, when compared to other villages that surround it. Gerrards Cross did not exist in any formal sense until 1859 when it was formed by taking pieces out of the five parishes of Chalfont St Peter, Fulmer, Iver, Langley Marish and Upton to form a new ecclesiastical parish. It is named after the Gerrard family who in the early 17th century owned a manor here. At that time it was a hamlet in the parish of Chalfont St Peter. Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Iver is located in the south-east corner of the county of Buckinghamshire and it forms one of the largest parishes in the South Bucks district. ...
Langley (also known as Langley Marish) is a village in the unitary authority of Slough in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. ...
Disambiguation: For other places called Upton see Upton Upton is a hamlet in the parish of Dinton, in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
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Reputation Gerrards Cross has a reputation for being very upmarket and exclusive, with house prices being considerably greater than average. Located in the commuter belt of London, the village recorded the most expensive postcode outside of London in 2005 [1]. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...
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Facilities
 St James's Church, Gerrards Cross The large and distinctive parish church is dedicated to St. James. It was built in 1861 as a memorial to General Reid who was MP for Windsor and designed by Sir William Tite in yellow brick with a Byzantine style dome, Chinese looking turrets and an Italianate Campanile. In 1969 the singer Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in the church. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 596 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ...
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Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE (December 22, 1949 – January 12, 2003), was a musician and singer-songwriter. ...
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Gerrards Cross has its own well stocked library, a two screen cinema and various restaurants.
Independent schools include Gayhurst and Thorpe House. Most students of secondary school age attend Chalfonts Community College, which is the catchment upper school, or one of the local grammar schools, such as Dr Challoner's Grammar School (Boys), Dr Challoner's High School (Girls), The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (Boys) and Beaconsfield High School (Girls). Education in England is the responsibility of Department for Education and Skills at national level and, in the case of publicly funded compulsory education, of Local Education Authorities. ...
Chalfonts Community College is a co-educational secondary school in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. ...
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A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin...
Dr Challoners Grammar School, abbreviated to DCGS, is a Voluntary Controlled Grammar School of approximately 1,285 boys located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Bowls Club Gerrards Cross Bowling Club based in Maltmans Lane has become one of the strongest in the country with 3 England Internationals and 10 other 'Middleton Cup' level players.
The club has won several prestige 'National' competitions including:- 1999, winners EBA 4's championships, winners EBA double 4s; 2004 National 'Top Club' finalists, 2005 winners National 'Top Club'.
England International, John McGuinness was selected as 'Performance Co-ordinator / Team Manager' for Team England's 2006 Commonwealth Games campaign in Australia. Gerrards Cross member Mark Bantock was subsequently selected to represent his country and managed to win a silver medal in the pairs event.
Although the club has a highly competitive 'first team' - players of all levels and abilities are encouraged and the club has been bucking the national trend of declining numbers with a series of innovative 'open days' that have attracted many new members.
The club house has recently been extended and several high profile bowling events have been held at the club.
Transport The village has a railway station on the Chiltern Line. This provides services with a commuting time of approximately 25 minutes to London Marylebone. A tunnel near the station collapsed at 19:30 on 30 June 2005 where Tesco were building a new supermarket over the railway. Gerrards Cross celebrated 100 years of the coming of the railway and its modern beginning in 2006. Gerrards Cross railway station serves the village of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. ...
Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. ...
Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. ...
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Tesco plc is a UK-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. ...
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Trivia Some of the exteriors, notably "Charlotte Haze's house", in Stanley Kubrick's film Lolita (1962) were shot in Gerrards Cross. “Kubrick†redirects here. ...
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Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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References A History of Chalfont St Peter and Gerrards Cross C G Edmonds 1964 and The History of Bulstrode by A M Baker 2003 published as one book by Colin Smythe Ltd. 2003 |
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