This is the story of four little Chiltern villages beside the Icknield Way, which distil the essence of upland Buckinghamshire and their history is full of incident and interest. Since its first publication, in 1971, this book has become an established favourite among books on the Chilterns. The book is in a continuous narrative from geological times to the present day.

CONTENTS : No Famous Names; The Hills Take Shape; Man Settles in the Chilterns; Cholesbury Takes Shape; The Forts are Built; Iron Implements Bring Prosperity to the Villages; The Lamps Go Out in the Land Beyond the Hills; 'One Sore Sparrow Hawk'; 'A Chapel of Ease and Noe Free Chappell'; 'He Played Football in his Shirt'; 'Four Closes Called Halfacres'; 'Four Brasse Potts'; 'The House wherin Edward Avis Formerly Dwelt'; 'Having Note Wherewith to Cloathe Them Decently'; 'Our Officers Being Confused'; 'The Health Is Doubtless Much Affected'; 'This Rate Could Not Be Collected'; 'A Small Organ Would Remedy this Evil'; The Child Is 'Sown in For the Winter' and 'Lord Rothschild Has Made an Encroachment and is Amerced 6d'.

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