Toward the end of June, I met with one of my neighours. We decided to visit Denham Village just down the road and have an early-weekday lunch. The sun was out, and the weather was very warm and one of the first warm days of the year after many months of cold and rain. We opted to visit the Green Man pub as the others were closed. Denham Village is located in Buckinghamshire a few miles from Uxbridge and Hillingdon and therefore just outside of London.
It is a picturesque village, and it was listed in the Domesday Book. The village has been used for filming, and a film studio was set up here. Denham is actually not too far from Pinewood Studios in Ickenham, so there are a number of notable people in the film industry who have previously made the village their home.
We had lunch at Green Man, and I ordered the chicken schnitzel, which came with broccoli and mashed potatoes. The food was delicious, but there was so much of it.
After lunch, we had a wander around the village.
Below is the former home of actor John Mills (his daughter is Hayley Mills who I recognise from my younger years as she was advertised a lot in older 1960s and 1970s Disney films). It is known as Hill House.
The buildings are street is very picturesque with roses and beautiful flowers and bunting, and there is a duck pond and a little stream that winds its way through before going underneath a wall of a large walled estate in Denham.
After the short walk through the village, we walked through the grounds of the church, which had a pathway lined with roses. This lead to the cemetary. One of the first graves we saw intrigued us. This grave was the marker for seven members of the Marshall family who were all murdered together in 1870 in their home. The parents were in their mid-30s, and they were murdered with their young family (girls) and the husband's sister and mother. All had been butchered with a hammer and axe. The murderer was hung the next day at Aylesbury. The murder happened a couple of days before the sister's wedding. The murderer was known to them and had done some work for them, but he had done a bad job and they refused to pay him. He was caught with items he stole from the family after the murder.
Another grave in the cemetary is that of the actor John Mills and his wife.
Denham Village is a lovely spot for a walk, and it's a picturesque place to enjoy.
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