Back تشلفنت ست غيلس (باكينجهامشير) Arabic تشلفنت ست جيلس ARZ Chalfont St Giles CEB Chalfont St Giles Welsh Chalfont St Giles German Chalfont St Giles Spanish Chalfont St Giles Basque چلفانت سنت جایلز Persian Chalfont St Giles French Chalfont St. Giles Italian
| Chalfont St Giles | |
|---|---|
 St Giles' parish church | |
  Chalfont St Giles Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 5,925 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU9893 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chalfont St. Giles |
| Postcode district | HP8 |
| Dialling code | 01494 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | The Chalfont St Giles village website |
Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont.
It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, central London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.[2]
The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village.[3] The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001.[citation needed] Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving home.[4]
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Villages and towns - Chiltern District Council". Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Chalfonts". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "'England hath need of thee': appeal to save Milton's Paradise Lost cottage | John Milton | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 April 2024.