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Elm Brook Close, AYLESBURY, HP18 0DB

Looking down Church Lane, this photo shows a pond and water pump. Just beyond the pond is a grey post with a small Public Footpath sign pointing to the left.

This photo shows the pond and water pump in Church Lane HP18 0DF with a barrier of rocks to the left. It is unlikely that the water pump is still working and the pond has green algae in it.

The C12th-15th century church of St Nicholas in Chearsley is in a quiet position to the southeast of the village. The church is aligned almost SW/NE as opposed to the usual West/East. It contains a C13th font of the "Aylesbury" type. See also Image] and Image]

C13 nave incorporating C12 parts, C15 west tower and chancel. Early C18 south porch. Coursed rubblestone, except chancel of rough rubble, and brick south porch. Old tile roofs. 2 bay chancel with Victorian north vestry 4-bay nave and west tower. East window of two 4-centred traceried lights under hood mould two 2-light septfoiled north and south chancel windows. Diagonal buttresses and weathered buttresses. Nave has C12 herringbone work on lower parts of north wall. 3 north windows, eastern-most a lancet, then a 3-light one with cinquefoiled lights under a square labelled head, west one 3-light leaded oak framed casement to former gallery. South side similar gallery casement. At east end of south side 2-light window, then 3 cinquefoiled light C15 window, west end a lancet. North and south doors c1300 with moulded jambs and pointed heads. South porch in brick with gabled roof. West tower of 2 stages, moulded strings and embattled parapet. 5 stage south-east stair turret with pyramid roof. C15 west window. Loop lights to upper part of lower stage. Belfry windows of 2 cinquefoil lights with quatrefoil in a 2-centred head. Diagonal buttresses. (Source:Historic England)

Largely C13 but with some C12 elements. The tower is C15 and the brick south porch visible on the left is C18

Looking through the asymmetrical chancel arch into the chancel beyond. The chancel is thought to date from the C15th but the arch is probably older as it is linked to the C12th/13th nave. The thickness of the walls is apparent by looking at the openings in the chancel.

A view of the interior of St Nicholas, Chearsley, looking along the nave through the splendid, slightly wonky chancel arch into the chancel beyond. The nave is the oldest part of the church dating from the C12th & 13th.