Chenies Manor House

#704 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, History museum, Historical place

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Chenies Palace in the parish of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, England, is a Tudor Grade I listed building once known as Chenies Manor House, although it was never a royal seat nor the seat of a bishop. It was held by the Cheney family since 1180 and passed by marriage successively to the Semark and Sapcote families and thence in 1526 to the Russell family, Earls of Bedford, later Dukes of Bedford, by whom it was held for several centuries. Although the Russells soon abandoned Chenies as its main seat in favour of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, Chenies parish church remains the site of the private "Bedford Chapel", the mausoleum still in use by that family. ()

Coordinates: 51°40'28"N, 0°31'59"W

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Chenies Manor House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chesham Grammar School, Milton's Cottage, Harewood Downs Golf Club, Martyrs Memorial.

3.7 miNW
Watersports, Swimming pool
Chesham Grammar School, Chesham
94 min walk • Chesham Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school on White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. There are about 1,300 pupils aged between eleven and eighteen, including over 400 in the sixth form.
3.5 miSW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles
89 min walk • Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed 16th-century building in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. It was the former home of writer John Milton, and is open to the public as a writer's house museum.
2.5 miSW
Golf
Harewood Downs Golf Club
63 min walk • Harewood Downs Golf Club is a golf club, located circa 2.5 miles south-east of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located northwest of Chalfont Saint Giles and southeast of Amersham. It was established in 1907.
3.3 miW
Park
Martyrs Memorial, Amersham
83 min walk • The Amersham Martyrs Memorial is a memorial to Protestant martyrs in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. It was established in 1931 by The Protestant Alliance. The memorial was unveiled by a Mrs L. R. Raine, a direct descendant of martyr Thomas Harding, who is commemorated on the memorial.
3.7 miSE
Outdoor activities, Park
Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Rickmansworth
94 min walk • Rickmansworth Aquadrome is a 41 hectares public park and Local Nature Reserve in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council.
~190 ftNE
Church
St Michael's
1 min walk • St Michael's Church at Chenies, Buckinghamshire, is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Oxford in England. It is not of great architectural interest but stands in an attractive position in the Chess Valley near the Chenies Manor House.
3.6 miW
City hall
Amersham Market Hall, Amersham
93 min walk • Amersham Market Hall, formerly known as Amersham Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Amersham Rural District Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 miNW
Museum
Chesham Museum, Chesham
91 min walk • Chesham Museum is based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. The museum, which is run by volunteers, first opened in 2004 housed in temporary premises known as 'The Stables'.
3.7 miW
Museum, History museum
Amersham Museum, Amersham
94 min walk • Amersham Museum at 49 High Street is a small local museum based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the High Street in Old Amersham.
3.6 miW
Church
St Mary's Church, Amersham
92 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Old Amersham, Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England. The church is a grade I listed building.
3.6 miSE
Lake, Park
Stocker's Lake, Rickmansworth
93 min walk • Stocker's Lake is an old flooded gravel pit of approx 90 acres at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, within the Colne Valley Regional Park which is designated as a Local Nature Reserve.