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Agriculture, which formed the basis for most employment in the parish in the first part of the 20th century, has ceased to be a significant source of work although there is employment for those supporting the remaining farming activities. There are no shops or post offices in the parish. The majority
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ceremony took place when there was a perambulation of the original (1934), fourteen-mile parish boundary, which in contrast to similar events in other counties was conducted in the traditional clockwise direction. In July, there was a celebratory 'Flower Show' at St Mary's Church and later that month
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Buckland Common which are owned by the parish council. Key issues concerning parishioners include: the increasingly poor condition and lack of maintenance of the local road network; lack in the availability of affordable housing; the negative impact on the
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The villages hold annual fêtes at St
Leonards and on Hawridge and Cholesbury Commons. There are two community halls, Cholesbury Village Hall (built in 1895) and St Leonards Parish Hall (1938), which host many of the parish-wide social activities such as the
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celebrated the parish's 75th anniversary through a series of events comprising, in April a talk and exhibition entitled 'The first 75 years of
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Parish'. In May, an inter-village 6-a-side cricket competition was held. In June, a
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The relative remoteness of the villages and hamlets within the parish, together with their close geographic and historic associations which have strengthened their mutually-held independence from the nearest towns, have resulted in a
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club was formed in 1895 and leases its ground in
Cholesbury from the Lord of the Manors of Hawridge and Cholesbury. There is a recreation ground associated with the parish hall in St Leonards, used for football,
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401:district.
375:Cholesbury
310:51°45′18″N
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86:Population
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1356:The Lee
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926:Newtown
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499:cricket
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356:Chesham
294:England
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187:England
181:Country
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886:Botley
847:Towns
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658:chapel
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367:hamlet
231:Police
163:Region
479:clubs
411:scarp
342:is a
209:Tring
1326:Penn
1305:Penn
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497:The
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