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Encyclopedia > Latimer, Buckinghamshire
Latimer
Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: Maps for TQ005995
Administration
District: Chiltern
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East England
Nation: England
Other
Ceremonial county: Buckinghamshire
Traditional county: Buckinghamshire
Post office and telephone
Post town: CHESHAM
Postcode: HP5
Dialling code: 01494
Politics
UK Parliament: Chesham & Amersham
European Parliament: South East England
England

Latimer is a village and civil parish that sits on the border between Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in England. The parish forms part of the Buckinghamshire district of Chiltern. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England, except for civil parishes. ... The Chiltern District is one of four local government district of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... The region (also known as government office region) is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... South East England is one of the official regions of England. ... Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales, and [[Northern Ireland collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Chesham and Amersham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Chiltern District is one of four local government district of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...


Latimer was originally joined with the adjacent village of Chenies. Both were anciently called Isenhampstead, at a time when there was a royal palace in the vicinity. However in the reign of King Edward III of England the lands were split between two manorial barons: Thomas Cheyne in the village that later became called 'Chenies', and William Latimer in this village. Latimer came into possession of the manor in 1326. Map sources for Chenies at grid reference TQ016984 Chenies is a village in the very eastern part of south Buckinghamshire, England, near the border with Hertfordshire. ... A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... For the area of Sheffield, in England, see Manor, Sheffield. ... Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ...


At the time of the English Civil War Latimer belonged to the Earl of Devonshire. When Charles I was captured by the Parliamentarian forces he was brought to Latimer on his way to London. The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ... The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ... Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. ... A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...


Today Latimer is also the name of a railway station on the Chiltern Line between Amersham and London Marylebone. See Chalfont & Latimer station. The Chiltern Main Line is the railway line from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill. ... Location within the British Isles Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ... The main entrance to Marylebone station. ... Chalfont and Latimer station with Chesham train on the right Chalfont and Latimer station is a station in Travelcard Zone C on the Metropolitan line. ...


Latimer is also a common misspell or variant spelling of Latymer. Latymer, or Latymer Upper School, to give its full title, is a private school in London, England, which is currently in its last year as a single sex school. ...


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Chesham (2079 words)
Monumental Inscriptions for the Trinity Baptist chapel, Chesham are in the library* of the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
The number of inhabitants was 2059, which, added to those in the town of Chesham, makes the total number of inhabitants in the parish amount to 3967, and that of houses to 803: it being nearly as populous as the parish of High-Wycombe, and, excepting that, the most populous in the county.
who was born at Latimers and baptized at Chesham in 1569, is the lady celebrated by Fuller in his Worthies, as the parent stock of a posterity of seven hundred persons, whom she lived to see descended from her to the fourth generation: her own children were thirteen in number.
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