The Chesham Building Society was a

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based in the market town of

Chesham Chesham ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about north-west of Charing Cross, central London, and part of the London metropolitan area, London ...

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...

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, which merged with the Skipton Building Society in June 2010. Prior to the merger it was the 37th largest building society in the United Kingdom based on its total assets of £231 million. It was a member of the

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. Their logo was a stylised

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, a pun on the name of the River Chess, the local river.

History

Founded in 1845 it was the world's oldest (surviving) building society - many early societies were wound up after all members had a house. The Society promoted itself as offering a more personal service due to their focus on the locality of their main target customers, including the residents of

, hence the original slogan was "Far better for being near to you". The Society had branches in

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, Little Chalfont, an agency in Tring and the branch/head office in

Merger with Skipton Building Society

On 24 February 2010 the society announced a proposed merger with the Skipton Building Society. This was approved by Chesham Members at their AGM on 31 March 2010 with just over 80 percent of both savers and borrowers voting in favour. The merger of the two societies took place on 1 June 2010. The enlarged society operates under the Skipton name.Chesham Merger Announcement
Skipton Building Society

References

External links

Chesham Building Society

Building Societies Association

KPMG Building Societies Database 2008
{{UK Building Societies Chesham Banks established in 1845 Organizations established in 1845 1845 establishments in England Companies based in Buckinghamshire