 Although work had begun on the Millfields station , including the completion of the station hotel ( now the Unicorn pub ) , the population of Chesham were unhappy at the station being built such a distance from the town . With the extension to meet the LNWR abandoned the railway no longer needed to curve away from the town , and a public subscription raised £ 2 @,@ 000 fund a 71 @-@ chain ( 1 @,@ 562 @-@ yd ; 1 @,@ 428 m ) extension to a site near the town centre . Construction of the branch to Chesham began in late 1887 . 
