Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chilterns, 25 miles from London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.

Chalfont means chalk spring, in reference to the water carrying capacities of the local terrain. In the Domesday Book in 1086 Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter are listed as separate Manors with different owners. They were separate holding before the Norman Conquest.

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