In the Chiltern District of Buckinghamshire, northwest of nearby Chesham and London, sits the village and civil parish of Chartridge. The civil parish extends to several nearby village locales, including: Chartridge, Asheridge, Bellingdon, Pednor, and Hundridge. Given its village feel characterised by rolling countryside, the housing market is fairly static, and is highlighted by large country manor homes with prices of over £1 million, to suburban family dwellings, and static mobile homes found in Chartridge Park!

The civil parish of Chartridge was formally created in 1899, as historically Chartridge was helmed within the parish of Chesham. However, records indicate that Chartridge’s history goes as far back as to prehistoric human settlement. Flint tools, such as Palaeolithic handaxes and Mesolithic flint flakes have been excavated in the surrounding areas of Chartridge, such as Brick Kiln and Weedon Hill Farms, suggesting human settlement from potentially as far back as 11,000 years ago!

In more recent history, Chartridge, and specifically Chartridge Lodge, was home to Caroline Franklin - a prominent suffragrette and educationalist from the early 20th century, who sat on the Bucks County Education Committee from 1903 after the law was change to allow women on education boards. She was also a prominent figure in the Jewish community, being president of the Stepney Green Jewish Mothers’ Welcome and Welfare Centre! Franklin’s tireless work for the community and education is still remembered and honoured in Chartridge!

The village locale of Chartridge means that development in the local area is often slow and stagnant; thanks in part also to the Chartridge Golf Park, which owns considerable land in the surrounding area. However, the Buckinghamshire South Bucks local plan has included the Chartridge locale as an area that could potentially be developed, provided infilling may only be used for housing developments that expand upon economic growth!