Chesham Bois
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SU965995 | ||
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| Post town | AMERSHAM | ||
| ZIP code section | HP6 | ||
| prefix | 01494 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire | ||
Chesham Bois is a village in Buckinghamshire , England , bordering Amersham and Chesham .
history
The original hamlet got its name from the Bosco family ( Italian for "forest" ), who owned the largest estate in Chesham during the reign of King John . Bois is the French translation of "forest". Subsequently, under the reign of Henry VII , the estate passed into the possession of the Cheynes of Chenies and later with the rest of the Cheynes estate to the Duke of Bedford .
Personalities
- Henry Charlton Bastian (1837-1915), neurologist
- Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), crime writer and composer