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Crossing Date Coordinates Heritage status Locality Notes Image Ribblehead Viaduct: 1875 II* Ribblehead: Settle–Carlisle line Crosses head of valley, not strictly the river itself
Park Bridge anciently lay within the medieval manor of Ashton; however, there is no record of Park Bridge until the 17th century. The name is probably a reference to the medieval Lyme Park, in the north west of the manor of Ashton. [1] For nearly two hundred years from the 18th to the 20th centuries it was the site of the Park Bridge Ironworks.
It is located in the Chiltern Hills to the west of the town of Chesham. During the 14th century it was known as Hunderugge , and Hundrige in the 15th/16th century. [ 1 ] The hamlet name derives from either the Anglo Saxon hunda-hrycg meaning 'hounds' ridge', or from Hundan-hrycg meaning 'Hunda's ridge'.
The bridge was decorated by Jean-Camille Formigé, who also designed the Viaduc d'Austerlitz, the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, as well as the park below the Sacré-Cœur. [ a ] Originally named the Pont de Passy (after the former commune of Passy , which it reaches), it was renamed in 1948 to commemorate the Battle of Bir Hakeim , fought by ...
An infant school opened in the 1850s providing education for 30 children. [2] Today it is known as Chartridge Combined School and takes children from ages 5–11. The catchment area secondary schools are:- Chiltern Hills Academy and Chesham Grammar School in Chesham, Dr Challoner's Grammar School for boys in Amersham and – Dr Challoner's High School for girls in Little Chalfont.
Chesham Place is a street in Belgravia, London UK, running between Belgrave Square and Pont Street. [1] It is home to several embassies and has had many distinguished residents. It was first laid out in 1831, and includes a number of listed buildings.
Captain's Wood is a 13.9 hectares (34 acres) Local Nature Reserve near Chesham in Buckinghamshire. It is owned by Buckinghamshire County Council and the Chiltern Society took over management of the site from the Council in 2014. It is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [1] [2] [3]
There was a Baptist Chapel which closed in 1948, and an Anglican church which the Parish of Great Chesham put up for sale in 2006. Whelpley Hill was also known as Wolf Hill in the Middle Ages. Nearby Grove Farm was the subject of a 1986 book and television series entitled Seventy Summers, written by the landowner Tony Harman .