Great Missenden is a village in the valley of the river Misbourne in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire between Amersham and Wendover. It closely adjoins the villages of Little Missenden and Prestwood. The narrow High Street is bypassed by the main A404 London to Aylesbury Road. The source of the Misbourne is to be found just north of the village. The village is said to be the most central village in the UK, being the furthest from any coast. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... The Chiltern Hills are a chalk escarpment that stretches in a south-west to north-east diagonal across several counties of southern England, but is most prominent in Buckinghamshire. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... Location within the British Isles Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ... For other places named Wendover, see Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada. ... Little Missenden is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Prestwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...

Formerly a small agricultural village, Great Missenden became a commuter village for London following the arrival of the Metropolitan railway line in 1892. Great Missenden Station is now on the Chiltern Railways line and offers services running into London Marylebone. St. ... The Metropolitan Line is a line of the London Underground. ... A Chiltern Railways Clubman at Kidderminster station Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. ... The main entrance to Marylebone station. ...

The village is overlooked by the medieval parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Missenden Abbey, founded in 1133 as an Augustinian monastery, was ruined following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the remains were incorporated into a Georgian mansion which is now a residential adult education centre. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium holding keys, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the first Pope of the Catholic Church. ... An early portrait of the Apostle Paul. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... The Dissolution of the Monasteries (referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries) was the formal process, taking place between 1536 and 1540, by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the Roman Catholic monastic institutions in England and took them to himself, as the...

Gipsy House in Great Missenden was the home of author Roald Dahl until his death in 1990, and many local scenes and characters are reflected in his work. Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In June 2005 the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opened in Great Missenden to honour the work of Roald Dahl. The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the childrens writer and short story writer Roald Dahl for many years until his death in 1990. ...

External links

• Great Missenden Parish Church website
• Roald Dahl Museum official site