Lacey Green

For other places with the same name, see Lacey Green (disambiguation).

Lacey Green
Lacey Green Windmill in 2021
Lacey Green is located in Buckinghamshire
Lacey Green
Lacey Green
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population2,413 [1]
2,559 (2011 Census including Calsden, Loosley Row and Speen)[2]
OS grid referenceSP824001
Civil parish
  • Lacey Green
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPrinces Risborough
Postcode districtHP27
Dialling code01844
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°41′38″N 0°48′36″W / 51.694°N 0.810°W / 51.694; -0.810

Lacey Green is a village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district, south-east of Princes Risborough, in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills above the town. In 2021 the parish had a population of 2397.

The settlement was known as Leasy Green in the early 19th century. Hamlets within the parish include Loosley Row, Speen,[3] Wardrobes and Parslow's Hillock.[4]

RAF Bomber Command commandeered agricultural land for an airfield during World War II. The land has since reverted to agriculture, the school playing field and the village sports ground.[5]

The church of St John the Evangelist was built in 1822–1825, at first as a chapel of ease; the chancel was added in 1871 to designs of J. P. Seddon, with coloured brick to the interior.[6] The parish is within the area of the Risborough team ministry.[7] Primitive Methodists built a chapel on the main road around 1842, which remained in use until 2001.[8]

The village has a shop, sports club, village hall and a primary school. There are three pubs: the Black Horse in the village, the Whip Inn at Loosley and the Pink and Lily at Parslow's Hillock. It is twinned with Hambye, France.

Lacey Green was home to the chef Heston Blumenthal, whose parents used to own amusement arcades in the area.

  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Lacey Green Parish Council". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ Lacey Green Airfield
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist (1125865)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Parish Church of St John the Evangelist". stjohnschurchlaceygreen.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Lacey Green Primitive Methodist chapel". My Primitive Methodists. Retrieved 28 December 2023.