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Chalfont St Giles / United Kingdom

Chalfont St Giles is an English village and civil parish. It lies within the Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles west-north-west of Charing Cross, central London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.Chalfont means chalk spring, in reference to the water-carrying capacities of the local terrain. The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne.

Milton's Cottage

Chalfont St Giles / United Kingdom

Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed 16th-century building in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. It was the former home of writer John Milton, and is open to the public as a writer's house museum.