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  • Have you spotted an object associated with Chesham in another museum? If so, we would love to know about it. Chiltern Toys had a factory making wooden and other toys in Waterside, Chesham until the outbreak of WWII. This Chiltern Toys bear is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

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St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church was built in the 12th century on a sacred site of great antiquity. The south doorway was added to the original building in the 14th century, the tower in the 15th century and the spire in the 18th century. A monument to Thomas Harding 'Chesham's martyr' is in the churchyard.

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