CHEARSLEY, a parish in Aylesbury district, Bucks; on a branch of the river Thame, 3 ½ miles NNE of Thame r. station, and 7 ½ WSW of Aylesbury. Post-town, Thame. Acres, 1,130. Real property, £1,533. Pop., 287. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a, few. Chearsley is the Cerdicesleagh of the Saxon chronicle; and was the scene of a defeat of the Britons by Cerdic and Cyndric. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £68. Patron, Miss Grubbe. The church has a brass of 1462, and is good. There is a Baptist chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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