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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chalfont like this:
CHALFONT, a subdistrict in Amersham district, Bucks. It consists of the two Chalfont parishes and Chenies. Acres, 10,102. Pop., 3,029. Houses, 670.
Chalfont is now part of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BUCKINGHAMSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chalfont itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chalfont in Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21230
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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