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Chequers (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ər z / CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of central London.
The view overlooks Chequers, the country home of the Prime Minister. The monument was erected in 1904, by public subscription, in memory of 148 men from Buckinghamshire who died during the Second Boer War. Coombe Hill Monument was almost totally destroyed by lightning in 1938 and was rebuilt in the same year.
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Chequers was gifted to the British state in 1921 and has been the country escape for each prime minister ever since, reports Ellie Muir
The M1 motorway is six miles west and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 656 people, [1] including Coton but falling slightly to 646 at the 2011 census. [2] The village's name means 'outlying farm/settlement of Hrafn'. [3]
Ellesborough is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.The village is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills just to the south of the Vale of Aylesbury, two miles (three kilometres) from Wendover and five miles (eight kilometres) from Aylesbury.
Princes Risborough (/ ˈ r ɪ z b ər ə /) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England; it is located about 9 miles (14 km) south of Aylesbury and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of High Wycombe.