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Chalfont St Giles
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Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont.
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Chalfont St Giles | |
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![]() St Giles' parish church | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 5,925 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SU9893 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chalfont St. Giles |
Postcode district | HP8 |
Dialling code | 01494 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | The Chalfont St Giles village website |
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It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, central London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.[2]
The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village.[3] The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001.[citation needed] Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving home.[4]