Chearsley

Chearsley
Chearsley Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	539 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	SP715105
Civil parish	Chearsley
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aylesbury
Postcode district	HP18
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Mid Buckinghamshire [2]
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°47′25″N0°57′42″W / 51.7902°N 0.9617°W / 51.7902; -0.9617

Chearsley is a village and civil parish within the Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about seven miles south west of Aylesbury, and about four miles north of Thame, in Oxfordshire.

History

The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cerdeslai.^{[ citation needed ]} It was originally a hamlet in the nearby parish of Crendon. It was established as a parish in its own right by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1458.^{[ citation needed ]}

Etymology

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Cerdic's clearing' or 'Cerdic's lea'.

Elite personal names

The incidence of Brittonic personal names in the royal genealogies of a number of "Anglo-Saxon" dynasties is significant. The Wessex royal line was traditionally founded by a man named Cerdic, an undoubtedly Brittonic name ultimately derived from Caratacus. This may indicate that Cerdic was a native Briton, and that his dynasty became anglicised over time. ^{[3] [4]}

Notability

The village was used as a location in the ITV television series Midsomer Murders – ep. Country Matters.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics Census 2011, Accessed 3 February 2011
2. "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
3. Koch, J.T., (2006) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, ISBN   1-85109-440-7, pp. 392–393.
4. Myres, J.N.L. (1989) The English Settlements. Oxford University Press, pp. 146–147

Gallery

• 
  River Thame at Chearsley, view from footbridge at the Cuddington parish boundary.
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  Parish Church of St Nicholas, Chearsley.
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  The Bell Inn, Chearsley.
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  River Thame floods facing Notley from Railway embankment

External links

• The Chearsley Times – village information
• Images at Geograph.com