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, 202228 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, 202219 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, 202227 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, 202218 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, 202217 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, 20229 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, 202217 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, 202215 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, 20215 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, 202126 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, 202123 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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DCHP
Nov 8, 202114 min
Denham Remembers World War 1
As summer time ends and the longer nights close in, we look forward to our winter celebrations and festivities. But first there are the...
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DCHP
Oct 25, 20217 min
In Pictures - Part II
Part I of this October 2021 post ended with a few teasing questions about village photos from the archives, including this one showing...
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DCHP
Oct 11, 20217 min
In Pictures - Part I
The attractiveness of Denham Village to visitors is nothing new. It has been a postcard village for over a hundred years. Several local...
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DCHP
Sep 21, 202119 min
Denham's History Man
Who was Robert Lathbury ? Though there are many people in Denham who have not heard his name, there are few, if any more significant...
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DCHP
Sep 6, 202111 min
A refined and gracious lady
Visitors to the Denham Parish Hall may, or perhaps may not, have noticed that as they leave by the back door into the car park on the...
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DCHP
Aug 23, 202115 min
Party political
For over a thousand years our village has included amongst its residents people well known and influential but still very much part of...
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DCHP
Aug 5, 202121 min
AUGUST - Summer Party Time
We get the names of our months from the ancient Romans. September, October, November and December each start with references to Latin...
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DCHP
Jul 19, 202111 min
Jack of the green
Take a walk along Denham Way (off Old Mill Road) towards the cricket pitch on the Way and Tillard recreation ground, and you will reach...
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