Latimer, Buckinghamshire
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Latimer is a village and civil parish that sits on the border between Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in England. The parish forms part of the Buckinghamshire district of Chiltern.
Latimer was originally joined with the adjacent village of Chenies. Both were anciently called Isenhampstead, at a time when there was a royal palace in the vicinity. However in the reign of King Edward III of England the lands were split between two manorial barons: Thomas Cheyne in the village that later became called 'Chenies', and William Latimer in this village. Latimer came into possession of the manor in 1326.
At the time of the English Civil War Latimer belonged to the Earl of Devonshire. When Charles I was captured by the Parliamentarian forces he was brought to Latimer on his way to London.
Latimer House, a mansion on the edge of the village, was the home of the British military's Joint Service Defence College during the twentieth century. It is now a conference centre.
Today Latimer is also the name of a railway station on the Chiltern Line between Amersham and London Marylebone. See Chalfont & Latimer station.
Latimer is also a common misspell or variant spelling of Latymer.
