Editing Fingest (section)

==History==

The ancient parish of Fingest included [[Cadmore End]] to the north of the village, which became a separate [[ecclesiastical parish]] in 1852.<ref name=vch>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42526 |title=Parishes: Fingest |editor=William Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1925 |work=A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 |access-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>

The [[Manorialism|manor]] of Fingest anciently belonged to [[St Albans Abbey]]. In 1163 it was given to the [[bishop of Lincoln]]. The ghost of [[Henry Burghersh]], 14th-century Bishop of Lincoln, is reputed to haunt the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Man of Fingest - Mysterious Britain & Ireland |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/buckinghamshire/hauntings/green-man-of-fingest.html |publisher=Mysterious Britain & Ireland |access-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212234121/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/buckinghamshire/hauntings/green-man-of-fingest.html |archive-date=12 December 2010}}</ref> After this time it was used as the country residence for the Lincoln [[diocese]] until 1547 when it was seized by [[the Crown]].  It was then given two years later to the [[Duke of Somerset]] who exchanged it with a property belonging to [[Wells Cathedral]].<ref name=vch/> The manor is now privately owned.

The civil parish of Fingest, originally based on the ecclesiastical parish, was enlarged in 1934 by adding land from the parishes of [[West Wycombe]], [[Great Marlow]] and Hambleden.  As a result, [[Lane End, Buckinghamshire|Lane End]] became the largest settlement in the parish, and the parish was renamed Fingest and Lane End in 1937.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10116247 Vision of Britain website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202628/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10116247 |date=28 June 2011 }}</ref> In the 1980s the civil parish was abolished.  The larger part became the parish of Lane End, and the village of Fingest was added to Hambleden parish.

Scenes of the period drama ''[[The Monuments Men]]'' were shot in Fingest in May 2013.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}