Denham has long been a stopping place for travellers on the road from London to Oxford. In the 18th century the journey took at least two...

In Part 2 of our reflection on street and house names in Denham Village we start with the story of Bowyer House and work our way around...

This month we're taking a look at the street and house names in Denham Village and their historical connections. Part I at the beginning...

For our second article as a rather chilly spring has arrived in our village, we stray a little beyond its boundaries to review the...

This month, as spring beckons and as we hope to see an end to the trials and tribulations of Covid 19 and the isolation that it has...

Earlier this month we told something of the history of policing and crime in the village with a few tales of poaching and other...

In 2021 we are very accustomed to the protection we have from the police service. Our area police station is now in Amersham since the...

Our February post about the old Methodist Chapel in Cheapside Lane attracted a lot of attention. One reader, Christine Newell, has come...

For decades a small cottage with two arched windows and an eye-catching bright green porch has sat silently as ivy continues to overtake...

Rosemary Temple is a past chair of Denham Parish Council who lived in Blacksmith’s Cottage on Village Road. Rosemary was personally...

There are two plaques on the walls of houses in Village Road. One, well known, appears on the wall of Hills House marking the home of the...

So today, winter solstice day 2020, we're wishing all our contributors, subscribers and readers a very Happy Christmas. It is of course a...

The world of the 21st century is so very different from that of the 19th and previous centuries. The migration of peoples to and from...

Sir George Peckham was the owner and occupier of Denham Place towards the end of the 16th century. Established history describes him as a...

November. British Summer Time has ended. 'Tis dark by 5p.m. and this year in 2020 our autumn celebrations of harvest and the promise of...

As the nights draw in, it is the traditional time to be telling stories around the autumnal fires. They may be stories passed down...

Autumn, the harvest season, has arrived and in normal years would bring the prospect of celebrating various fun festivals with friends...

Completing our stroll around St. Mary’ s Church in this month of its patronal festival, we remember those who found their final resting...

September is the month of St. Mary's church "patronal" festival, the festival to mark the saint's day of its patron, the mother of Jesus....

Denham’s education history on the national scene In this supplement to the August 2020 education theme “The Happiest Days of Our Lives”,...