From Bronsdon to Bellringer
This month's guest contributor is well known in Denham Village. Ann Collins belongs to a family that has been part of the village's...
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DCHP
- Feb 2
- 4 min
A choirboy's memories
Martin Brunnschweiler spent his early childhood years in Denham and after seeing the stories on our website, he wanted to share his own...
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DCHP
- Jan 9
- 1 min
The Denham Walks
We've been busy preparing three short leaflets as Walking Guides to Denham Village's history. One will be a circuit starting at St....
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DCHP
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Happy Christmas 2022
The lights are lit on the village green and throughout Denham preparations are being made for the Christmas festivities. This is our...
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DCHP
- Dec 8, 2022
- 6 min
In Denham Village for 28 years (and aiming to continue)
Our guest contributor for December is Jane Mills, a Denham Village resident for over 28 years. Jane lives at Cedar Tree Cottage, once...
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DCHP
- Nov 9, 2022
- 6 min
History makers
Guest contributor for November is Margaret Skelton. Margaret and her husband, Terry are well known in Denham having been resident here...
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DCHP
- Oct 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Trenleys of Denham
Our guest contributor this month is Sheila Clarke. Sheila is an amateur writer. She has a particular interest in Victorian author,...
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DCHP
- Sep 21, 2022
- 7 min
Growing up at Wrango - Kate Ashbrook, guest contributor
In this the second of our guest contributor stories, Kate Ashbrook, now General Secretary of the Open Spaces Society, recalls her...
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DCHP
- Aug 18, 2022
- 9 min
Valerie Dewhurst - guest contributor
As indicated in our last post here in July 2022, we are handing these pages over to guest contributors whilst we prepare for the...
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DCHP
- Jul 18, 2022
- 28 min
Famous in fact and fiction
We're taking a break First let's tell you how we're taking a break. For almost three years we have been filling these pages with stories...
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DCHP
- Jun 2, 2022
- 19 min
From Shanks’ Pony to High-Speed Rail
Lying approximately twenty miles from the heart of London, the village of Denham has been affected both positively and negatively by...
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DCHP
- Apr 19, 2022
- 27 min
Down on the Farm
From those contributors to the Denham Community History website over the past few years, the one who was the most enthusiastic about her...
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DCHP
- Mar 4, 2022
- 18 min
From Vestry to Council
How it all began In 1066 William the Conqueror invaded England from his home in Normandy claiming that he had been assured by England's...
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DCHP
- Feb 16, 2022
- 17 min
Of the parish, by the parish, for the parish
The civil parish is the smallest unit of local government in England. They are constituted only in rural areas, but the work they do...
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DCHP
- Jan 31, 2022
- 9 min
The business of generations
Most of the shops and businesses on Village Road have now been transformed into private houses, but with great care for their status as...
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DCHP
- Jan 19, 2022
- 17 min
Self sufficient in many ways
Well of course it wasn't exactly a shopping mall, but there was a time not so long ago when the village had its own parade of shops...
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DCHP
- Jan 5, 2022
- 15 min
Publican's Tales
Christmas festivities made us a little late with this second article about Denham's pubs, inns and beerhouses. It should have been...
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DCHP
- Dec 20, 2021
- 5 min
May your days be merry and bright
Earlier this month we promised a second article about Denham's pubs, ale houses, beer houses and hostelries. We will be returning to that...
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DCHP
- Dec 6, 2021
- 26 min
Open to the Public
What is a Pub ? Few establishments have as many different names to identify them as the good old British "pub". Ask Google to come up...
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DCHP
- Nov 22, 2021
- 23 min
Denham Remembers World War 2
In the first of our posts on Denham and the two World Wars, the focus was on World War 1 often referred to as the Great War. In this...
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