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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking across this driveway, we get just a hint of the view north that the owners of this property must have.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is normally a very busy road, from Penn to Beaconsfield, so we were surprised how little traffic there was today. The church featured in the road name is just around that corner.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.2km<br/>Hilltop site, facing the parish church. It is reputed that 12 counties are visible from the church tower on a clear day. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Penn gets its name from a Celtic derivation, meaning a wooded hill or enclosure. More recently, John Betjeman called the village "the Chelsea of the Chilterns". http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>The war memorial must be one of those that always has wreaths. This was August so we are not near Remembrance Sunday. The church is off to the right. Notice, too, the brick and flint structure of the main building and the patterned brickwork on the barn.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.3km<br/>This plain lead font is of Norman vintage, older than the famous Penn Doom painting above the chancel screen. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
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©John Salmon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Holy Trinity is on a hilltop and dates back to the 11th century. It is built with flint and local tiles. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>Hilltop church with memorials to local Curzon , Howe and Penn families. The Quaker penns were founders of Pennsylvania and the church has many American connections. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>Church Road heading down to the Crown pub
©Shaun Ferguson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Attractive old cottages of brick and flint, sited by the churchyard at the centre of this hilltop village. http://www.chilternsaonb.org/downloads\HolyTrinityChurchToBeaconHill.pdf
©Colin Smith
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©Gary Davies

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