Tyler's Hill

'''Tylers Hill''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Latimer and Ley Hill]], in the Buckinghamshire district, in the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is located to the east of [[Chesham]], near [[Botley, Buckinghamshire|Botley]]. The name is derived from the historic tile making industry in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tylers Hill {{!}} Latimer and Ley Hill Parish Council |url=https://latimerleyhillparishcouncil.co.uk/history/tylers-hill/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1888, a bricklayer's son named Elbourn discovered a buried earthenware vessel filled with gold coins.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Montagu |first=H. |title=Find of Gold Coins Near Chesham, Bucks |date=1890 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42679618 |journal=The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society |volume=10 |pages=48–50 |jstor=42679618 |issn=2054-9172}}</ref> Although many were dispersed among local children and bystanders, some were eventually taken by the police for the Treasury. The coins were dated to the reigns of [[Elizabeth I]], [[James VI and I|James I]], and [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], suggesting they had been buried around the time of the [[English Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtFCAAAAYAAJ&dq=tylers+hill+buckinghamshire+-wikipedia+-wiki&pg=PA261 |title=Records of Buckinghamshire |publisher=BPC Letterpress |pages=261–262 |language=en}}</ref>

Tylers Hill includes St George's Church, and Tylers Hill churchyard for burials from Ley Hill.

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[[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]]