at Tyler's Hill which was built in 1871. The Bangay Rooms, named after Miss Bessie Bangay, an active member of the church from 1910 until her death in 1987, are the location of the local Brownie meetings. Miss Bessie Bangay was one of the first female Anglican lay readers in England (called Bishop's Messengers). When she was licensed in 1917, she used to run a branch of the church at the Black Cat pub in Lye Green. School Ley Hill School is a primary school for boys and girls up to the age of eleven when they take the 11+ examination. The current school building was built in 1927. The former school was behind the Common and in the building called "The Old Schoolhouse". Sport Most of the village common is used as a 9-hole golf course by Chesham & Ley Hill Golf Club. The common was given over to golf by Lord Chesham in 1900. Ley Hill Cricket Club is a village-standard club competing in the Mid Bucks League. The club has four senior sides, as well as junior sides from Under 9s upwards. In 2006 the club became the first in Buckinghamshire to receive Clubmark accreditation. Local industries Local industries include agriculture and brick-making. Historically the village also had tile making and pottery, which are remembered in the local names of Tyler's Hill and Kiln Lane. In the mid-1980s an extensive late medieval tile kiln (approx 1400) was found while excavating an extension in Joiners Close. Dunton's brickworks manufactured bricks until 2013. References Gavin Darvell "John Wilson – Fact or Fiction" Neil Rees "The Life of a Village Chapel – The History of Ley Hill Methodist Church", published 1987 Sheila Hart & Neil Rees "The Church by the Woods - St Georges Church, Tylers Hill near Chesham" published 2011 (These booklets are available from Chesham Library.) External links Ley Hill website Ley Hill Methodist Church Latimer and Ley Hill Parish Council Ley Hill School The Swan, Ley Hill The Crown, Ley Hill Ley Hill Cricket Club Chesham & Ley Hill Golf Club St George's Church Villages in Buckinghamshire Chiltern District