Little Kingshill

Little Kingshill
Little Kingshill
Little Kingshill shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SU877979
Civil parish	Little Missenden
District	Chiltern
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GREAT MISSENDEN
Postcode district	HP16
Dialling code	01494

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central

EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Chesham and Amersham

Little Kingshill is a small village in the parish of Little Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about five miles west of Amersham, about two and a half miles south of Great Missenden and about four and a half miles north west of High Wycombe.

The hamlet name 'Kingshill' means a hill in possession of the king, which local folklore suggests was King John; there is certainly evidence of King John granting the manor at Kingshill to Hugh de Gournay in 1213, although this same document states that the land was previously possessed by Geoffrey fitzPeter.^[1] The affix 'Little' was added later to differentiate between the hamlet and neighbouring village Great Kingshill, although the two are in separate parishes and, indeed, separate districts.

Little Kingshill has one pub: The Full Moon in Hare Lane. The main road, called Windsor Lane, is home to the playing fields, the Baptist church and the village school. This Chiltern village is surrounded by Metropolitan Green Belt countryside.

Little Kingshill has its own primary school. Little Kingshill School also has a nursery and caters for children from 3–11 years. It is controlled by Buckinghamshire County Council. Many of the village children attend Little Kingshill school, as do children from a wide surrounding area. The school's most recent Ofsted report in 2011 judged the school to be "Outstanding".

References

↑ "The Lands of the Normans in England: Document Item 154 Details". HRI Online. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

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Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency
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