CHESHAM-BOIS, a parish in Amersham district, Bucks; on the river Chess, 2 miles NNE of Amersham, and 6 SSW of Berkhampstead r. station. Post-town, Amersham. Acres, 905. Real property, £1,407. Pop., 218. Houses, 42. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £117. Patron, the Duke, of Bedford. The church is ancient but good; and contains a curious pulpit and a rich altar-tomb of Cheyne, the patron of Hooker.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
