Chesham Town Guide 2023/4

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Acknowledgements
The Chesham Town Guide has been written and compiled on
behalf of Chesham Town Council by: Town Mayor, Wilford
Augustus; Caroline Taylor, Elgiva; Barbara Richardson, COPAG;
Nigel Brand, Chesham Museum; Andrew Clark, Walkers are
Welcome; Georgina Fernandez, Kathryn Graves, Colette Littley,
Chesham Town Hall; Isaac Siminov, Charlie Cholmondeley and
Baron Lovewell, Hawkes Design & Publishing. Front cover photos
by Peter Hawkes, Parveiz Aslam, Hats Off and Mark Lewis.
Index of Advertisers
Alexander Churchill Accountants . . . IFC
Amersham Dec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
A R Darvell Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Asprey Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Aylesbury Bullion Company . . . . . . . 86
Barbara Dancer Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Blue Haze Arts & Crafts . . . . . . . . . . 34
Brazils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Brian Suttie Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Broadlands Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Bucks Marble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bull + Tash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Butterfly Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Caan Thomas Engraving . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cambrian Picture Framers . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter Two Community Bookshop . 36
Chartridge Park Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC
Chancellors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chatgaon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chesham Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chesham Local Produce Market . . . 14
Chesham Moor Gym & Swim . . . . . . 18
Chesham Town Council . . 5/7/9/11/13/23
Chiltern Care Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chiltern Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . 64/65
Chiltern Pianos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chesham Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cholesbury Tree Fellers . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chris Sims Fine Artist/Designer . . . . 56
Clarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Colour Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cox the Saddler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dreamflight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Drawingroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Frost Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Full of Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Elgiva Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
En Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Gerry Martins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gold & Jewels . . . . . . . . . . . . 32/44/56
The Good Earth Gallery . . . . . . . . . . 14
Guest Gear Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Healthright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
H G Mathews Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . 10
Hawkes Design & Publishing . . . . . . 93
Jay Nolan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
JPS Stationers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
J & R Car & Van Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Latimer Property Services . . . . . . . . . 90
Lennon’s Solicitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Londis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Manor Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Oakleigh Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Orbit Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Perfect Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Perspective (Home Counties) Ltd . . . 22
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Publisher’s note
Our priority is to update the Chesham Town Guide each year
to ensure that this is a valid and useful document for residents
and newcomers to the town. We invite you to contact
Chesham Town Council if you have corrections or additions
to local information at georgina.fernandez@chesham.gov.uk
and to contact us with up-to-date business information at
phawkes@btconnect.com. Further copies of this Guide are
available at the Town Hall and other community outlets.
P.J. Shoe Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Potter & Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Priests Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Purefitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rayners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC
Refill Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Richardson Reupholstery . . . . . . . . . 42
Rivans Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RMC Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rosalyn’s Emporium . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safe Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Silverson Machines Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 37
signX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sophie’s Chocolates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sovereign Estate Agents . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stagecoach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
St. Francis Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Studio Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tames Tree Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
The Crafty Herbalist . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Top Dawg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Trekkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Turner & Browning Opticians . . . . . 28
Vaessen Walker Jewellers . . . . . . . . . 12
White Hill House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10