Denham

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary has a flint and stone Norman tower and Tudor monuments. The tree-lined Village Road includes several old red brick houses with mature Wisteria on them, and has been used as a location in British films and television. Southlands Manor is a Grade II listed building. Its entry on the English Heritage website states that it was built in the 16th century, with a variety of later changes including the addition of four chimney stacks in the early 17th-century. Analysis of a sample of timbers from the main building and its associated barn have found that they were felled in the winters of 1472/3 and 1473/4, indicating that the relevant parts of the…

In 1870 Denham received national attention in what became known as the "Denham Massacre". A local blacksmith, Emmanuel Marshall and six of his family, were found bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer in their cottage in the village. A homeless man named John Owen, who claimed Marshall owned him money, was convicted of the murders and hanged at Aylesbury Gaol.