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Grapevine   Nature Notes     A brief history of Cholesbury-&-St
Leonards Parish  The Parish of Cholesbury-&-St Leonards has been
in existence only for some 67 years. It owes its origin to the
Local Government reorganisation of 1934 when it became part of
Amersham Rural District. The 1973 reorganisation of Local
Government brought Cholesbury-&-St Leonards within Chiltern
District Council.  Immediately prior to April 1934, the four
villages that comprise the present day Parish (i.e. Buckland
Common, Cholesbury, Hawridge, and St Leonards) had separate and
in some cases autonomous existences, either as parishes in their
own right, or as villages in turn part of other parish
constituencies.  Buckland Common (OE Bocland meaning 'a land
held by charter') was previously