Seer Green
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Map sources for Seer Green at grid reference SU965919
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Seer Green is an affluent village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about a mile east of Beaconsfield and a mile south-west of Chalfont St Giles. It is also a station (Seer Green and Jordans) on the Chiltern Line between Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross.
The village name 'Seer' is French in origin, and means 'dry or arid place'. In manorial rolls of 1223 it was called La Sere. The affix 'Green' came later.
The village is home to Seer Green CofE School, a Church of England Church, a Baptist Church and a strong Scout group. The Scouts of the village are well known in the area for being placed well in annual competitions and for providing leisure activities for young children and teenagers.
The village became formally a separate civil parish in 1866, having previously been a hamlet of the parish of Farnham Royal. It had levied a separate poor rate before then.