IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Village, CHESHAM, HP5 1TY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to The Village, HP5 1TY by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (81 Images Found)
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Green at Latimer
Behind the pump is an obelisk of Aberdeen granite which is a memorial to local men who fell in the Boer War. Just behind this is a mound which is a memorial to the horse of a General who fought in the same war. The white building in the background dates from C16. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-44960-38-latimer-buckinghamshire for entry in British Listed Buildings.
Image: © Bikeboy
Taken: 22 Mar 2015
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Latimer village green
Looking east, showing the old water pump, now not used.
Image: © Graham Horn
Taken: 20 Jan 2009
0.02 miles
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Latimer Village Green
The tiny green in the centre of Latimer houses the war memorial and the village pump.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 12 Oct 2012
0.02 miles
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Latimer village green
The memorial is to local people killed in the Boer War. The inscription is given in full here http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/bkm/Military/Boer_War/Latimer/index.html
Image: © Graham Horn
Taken: 20 Jan 2009
0.02 miles
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Memorials at Latimer
The village of Latimer is tiny and built around its small green. On the green are two memorials relating to the Boer War. The larger is to those locals who died during the war and the smaller to "the horse ridden by General de Villebois Mareuil at the battle of Boshof, South Africa, 5th April 1900 in which the General was killed and the horse wounded". The horse was brought to England by Major General Lord Chesham KCB, and died on 5th February 1911".
Image: © Sean Davis
Taken: 6 Jul 2007
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Latimer village green
Latimer village green with old water pump and Boer war memorial
Image: © Shaun Ferguson
Taken: 18 Jul 2008
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Cottages on Church Lane, Latimer
Latimer is an exceptionally attractive village on the side of the Chess Valley - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latimer,_Buckinghamshire It includes 17th and 18th century cottages around the triangular village green of which these are examples.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 18 Sep 2019
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Latimer War Memorial
This memorial is dedicated to all the local men who served in the South African "Boer" War. Of the casualties, more "died enteric" than were killed or wounded.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 12 Oct 2012
0.02 miles