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Orchard Leigh is a hamlet in the parish of Latimer in Buckinghamshire, England, located along the B4505 about 2 miles east of Chesham. It is in the civil parish of Ashley Green.

Hamlet (place) Small human settlement in a rural area

A hamlet is a small human settlement. In different jurisdictions and geographies, hamlets may be the size of a town, village or parish, be considered a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet have roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French hamlet came to apply to small human settlements. In British geography, a hamlet is considered smaller than a village and distinctly without a church or other place of worship.

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

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Chesham Preparatory School, an independent school for children aged 3 to 13, is based in the hamlet. [1]

The minister and author Reverend Walter Wynn used to reside in Orchard Leigh. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chesham Preparatory School" . Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ↑ 'WYNN, Rev. Walter, Who Was Who , A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007.

Coordinates: 51°43′12″N0°34′30″W / 51.720°N 0.575°W / 51.720; -0.575

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