Editing Chartridge

{{Short description|Village in Buckinghamshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox UK place  
|country =                 England
|official_name=            Chartridge
|static_image=             File:The Bell, Chartridge - geograph.org.uk - 167334.jpg
|static_image_caption=     The Bell is the only pub in the village of Chartridge, 2006
|coordinates = {{coord|51.724968|-0.652788|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish=             Chartridge
| population = 1,624
| population_ref =(2011 Census)<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=11121820&c=chartridge&d=16&e=61&g=6404222&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359730821238&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2571 Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census], Retrieved 1 February 2013</ref>
|unitary_england     = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]]
|region=                   South East England      
|constituency_westminster= [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]]     
|post_town=                CHESHAM
|postcode_district=        HP5 
|postcode_area=            HP
|dial_code=                01494
|os_grid_reference=        SP9303   
}}
'''Chartridge'''  is a village in Buckinghamshire, England situated two miles north-west of [[Chesham]].

Chartridge is also the name of a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Chiltern (district)|Chiltern District]] which also includes the village of [[Bellingdon]] and the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]]s of [[Pednor]], [[Hundridge]] and [[Asheridge]]. It was created in 1899 having previously been part of the parish of [[Chesham]]. The village is 34 miles northwest of [[London]] and the closest town is [[Chesham]] to the south with which it is closely associated. Until 1899 Chartridge was part of Chesham parish and post-[[Second World War]] residential housing has resulted in ribbon development stretching out along the Chartridge Road from the town to the village. 11 miles to the northwest is the county town of Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury.

==History==
The village name is [[Anglo Saxons|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, 'Cærdan-hrycg' means Caerda's ridge, referring to the fact that the settlement sits on the top of a hill. There is no specific mention of Chartridge in the [[Domesday Book]]. In [[Manorialism|manorial]] rolls of 1191 it is recorded as 'Charderuge' presumed linked to the purchase of lands by Robert de Charderugge. By the late 12th century parts of Chartridge were owned by the Sifrewast family.<ref name=charthist/> By the 13th century it has become incorporated into the names of local landowners and is referred to in conveyances.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42547&strquery=chartridge Victoria County History Chesham British History online] Retrieved 23 February 2012</ref>

There was no church in Chartridge village as it was historically part of the ecclesiastical parish of Chesham. However, as early as 1311 a private house, Great Hundridge Manor, was recorded as providing a chapel dedicated to King Edward the Martyr. There has been a Baptist Chapel in the village since the 18th century. In 1811 a house was registered for meetings of the Lower Baptist Church in Chesham, now known as the Trinity Baptist Church.<ref name=charthist/> Today the Baptist Chapel in the village is a branch of Broadway Baptist Church in Chesham. Services commenced in the early 19th century and in 1844 land close to the Bell pub was given for a chapel which was subsequently replaced by a new chapel in 1885 that was financed by public subscription.<ref name=cheshamtalk>[http://www.cheshamtowntalk.org.uk/pdfs/CTT45final.pdf Chesham Town Talk Winter 2011 - referenced from Bucks Free Press published 21 August 1885] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814012945/http://www.cheshamtowntalk.org.uk/pdfs/CTT45final.pdf |date=14 August 2013 }}, Retrieved 23 February 2012</ref>

Chartridge Lodge was greatly extended by the Franklin family who lived there from 1899. Today it is home to Chartridge Park, an 18-hole golf course, and a large Conference Centre.<ref name=cheshamtalk/> The Franklin family were also responsible for the building of several cottages within the village and conversion of a blacksmith's shop into a Reading Room in 1903 to mark the coronation of [[King Edward VII]]. Subsequently, it was given by the family to the village and on becoming the village hall was used as a concert room, clubhouse and lending library and has been overseen from that time until the present by the Trustees of Chartridge Reading Room. Due to the absence of a parish church, from its earliest days the Reading Room was also used for religious services and a Sunday School associated with [[St. Mary's Church, Chesham]].  Regular services ran from 1964 until 1974 during which it was known as St Christopher's.<ref name=cheshamtalk/>

During the 19th century the vast majority of employment was provided by agriculture. Directly employing labourers as well as supporting trades such as blacksmiths. Income earned would have been spent in the licensed public houses, the Bell and Portobello Arms, the latter now a private house. In the early part of the 20th century there were four pheasant breeding farms due to the popularity of game shooting and convenience of improved travel by railway from London to Chesham. At least one farm continued in business until the [[Second World War]].<ref name=cheshamtalk/>

From 1783 there are records of a [[Pest house]] in operation. The predominant infection of the time being [[small pox]].<ref name=charthist>[http://www.chartridge.org.uk/history.htm Chartridge Village website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120729152010/http://www.chartridge.org.uk/history.htm |date=29 July 2012 }} Retrieved 23 February 2012</ref>

==Education==
An infant school opened in the 1850s providing education for 30 children.<ref name=charthist/> Today it is known as [[Chartridge Combined School]] and takes children from ages 5–11. The catchment area secondary schools are:- [[Chiltern Hills Academy]] and [[Chesham Grammar School]] in Chesham, [[Dr Challoner's Grammar School]] for boys in [[Amersham]] and – [[Dr Challoner's High School]] for girls in [[Little Chalfont]].

==References==
{{reflist|}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Chartridge}}

{{Chiltern}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]]