Little Kingshill

{{Short description|Village in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = The Prince of Wales, Little Kingshill - geograph.org.uk - 936074.jpg |static_image_caption = The Prince of Wales, Little Kingshill, 2008 |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|51.6824|-0.7026|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Little Kingshill |population= |civil_parish= [[Little Missenden]] |unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]] |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= [[Mid Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Buckinghamshire]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Location of Mid Buckinghamshire |url= https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4175/location |website=parliament.uk |date=July 2024 |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref> |post_town= GREAT MISSENDEN |postcode_district= HP16 |postcode_area= HP |dial_code= 01494 |os_grid_reference= SU877979 |london_distance= }}

'''Little Kingshill''' is a small Chilterns village in the [[parish]] of [[Little Missenden]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England, with the closest amenities being in its post town of [[Great Missenden]]. It is approximately five miles west of [[Amersham]], about four and a half miles north west of [[High Wycombe]] and just under two miles south of Great Missenden, with its fast train to [[Marylebone station|London Marylebone]].

The hamlet name 'Kingshill' means a hill in possession of the [[monarch|king]], which local [[folklore]] suggests was [[John of England|King John]]; there is certainly evidence of King John granting the manor at Kingshill to Hugh de Gournay in 1213, although this same document states that the land was previously possessed by Geoffrey fitzPeter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/normans/viewObject.jsp?type=DocumentItem&id=1382|title=The Lands of the Normans in England: Document Item 154 Details|publisher=HRI Online|accessdate=7 June 2012}}</ref> The affix 'Little' was added later to differentiate between the hamlet and neighbouring village [[Great Kingshill]], although the two are in separate parishes and, indeed, separate districts, with Little Kingshill, in effect, an extension of Great Missenden.

Little Kingshill has one pub: The Full Moon in Hare Lane. The main road, Windsor Lane, is home to the playing fields, the playground, the Baptist church, which is home to a coffee shop, and the village school. This [[Chiltern Hills|Chiltern]] village is surrounded by [[Metropolitan Green Belt]] countryside.

Little Kingshill has its own primary school with a nursery, catering for children from 3–11 years. It is controlled by [[Buckinghamshire County Council]].{{cite needed|date=November 2020}} == References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130625123746/http://lkvs.org.uk/pages/home.htm Little Kingshill Village Society] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120622055641/http://www.lkcc.co.uk/ Little Kingshill Cricket Club] *[http://www.littlekingshillschool.co.uk/ Little Kingshill School] *[https://www.kingshillbaptist.co.uk/ Little Kingshill Baptist Church]

[[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]]