Editing Chenies (section)

==History==
[[File:Chenies.jpg|thumb|Chenies (junction of Latimer Road and Claypit Lane) in January 2025]]
Until the 13th century, the village name was '''Isenhampstead'''.  There were two villages here, called '''Isenhampstead Chenies''' and '''Isenhampstead Latimers''', distinguished by the [[Lord of the manor|lords of the manors]] of those two places.  In the 19th century the prefix was dropped and the two villages became known as Chenies and [[Latimer, Buckinghamshire|Latimer]].

Near this village there was once a royal hunting-box, where both King [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] and King [[Edward II of England|Edward II]] were known to have resided.<ref name=CCM>{{cite web|url=http://www.cb5.co.uk/annsemark.htm|title=Extract from Chenies Church and Monuments by Adeline Marie Bedford published 1901|access-date=2007-12-31}}</ref> It was the owner of this lodge, Edward III's shield bearer, Thomas Cheyne, who first gave his name to the village<ref name=CCM/> and his descendant, Sir [[John Cheyne (builder of Chenies Manor)|John Cheyne]], who built [[Chenies Manor House]] in around 1460 on the site.<ref name=CMH>{{cite web | title=Chenies Manor House | work=AboutBritain.com | url=http://www.aboutbritain.com/CheniesManorHouse.htm|access-date=2007-07-04}}</ref>

Several [[paper mill]]s were once established in Chenies, operated by the [[River Chess]], which flowed here from further west in Buckinghamshire.

The village was [[Feudal land tenure in England|held]] by the Cheney family from 1180 and passed by marriage successively to the Semark and Sapcote families and then, in 1526, to the Russell family ([[John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford]] married Anne Sapcote).<ref name=CMH2>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/the_house.htm|title=Chenies Manor House website|access-date=31 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117201410/http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/the_house.htm|archive-date=17 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>. On June 12, 1954, the entire village was sold at auction for £182,000 in order to pay the [[death duties]] occasioned by the death of [[Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news-village-of-cheni/169406374/ "Mr. Manchester's Diary"] ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' 23 June, 1954</ref> The 1,676-acre property included seven dairy farms, 44 homes, a hotel, 255 acres of woodland, watercress beds, and fishing rights.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/bucks-free-press-village-sold-for-1820/169407593/ "Village Sold for £182,000"] ''[[Bucks Free Press]]'' (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) 25 June, 1954</ref>