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Chesham Town Council Events

• A calendar of events in Chesham

Chesham objects in other collections

• Have you spotted an object associated with Chesham in another museum? If so, we would love to know about it. Chiltern Toys had a factory making wooden and other toys in Waterside, Chesham until the outbreak of WWII. This Chiltern Toys bear is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

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Links

Tourist Information

Visit Buckinghamshire
Let's Stay Chilterns
Bed and Breakfasts co uk
London Tube Rambles - Chesham

Places to Visit

Chesham Walks
The Parish of Great Chesham - Chesham's churches
The Drawing Room Art Gallery
Midsomer Murders - Locations in Chesham
Amersham Museum
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Chiltern Open Air Museum
The Roald Dahl Children's Gallery
Waddesdon Manor
Wycombe Museum
The National Trust

Local History

The Chesham Society
Chesham War Memorial
Anne Crabbe, photographer - Chesham People
Cox the Saddler, history
Names in Chesham, 1538-1600/1
Hyde Heath village history
Chartridge history
Ley Hill Village
Ley Hill and Botley
Chesham Chamber of Trade and Commerce
Chesham High School - WWII History Project
The Woodware Turners of Chesham by Stuart King
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies (Bucks Archives)
Buckinghamshire photographs
Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photos (by Dr Kevin Quick)
GENUKI Buckinghamshire - information for family and local historians
Milton's Cottage Museum
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonard's Local History Group
Chess Valley Archaeological and Historical Society
Unlocking Buckinghamshire's Past - Buckinghamshire Sites and Monuments Record and other archaeological and local history information

Local Government and the Environment

Chesham Town Talk
Chesham Town Council
Chiltern District Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
Wikipedia Encyclopedia - Buckinghamshire
Chesham Environmental Group
The Chiltern Society

Other Useful Links

Culture24 (was the 24 Hour Museum) - a database of over 3000 UK museums
Access to Archives - type 'Chesham' in the 'Keyword' box and click 'Search' for a list of archives relating to Chesham
The National Archives
Chiltern Arts Forum
Chiltern Voice blog
Bucks Free Press
Bucks Examiner
The Chesham Directory
Chesham Photographic Club