Fulmer

A village on the road south of Gerrards Cross, Fulmer forms a pleasant picture. Here at a bend in the road are the red brick church, the Black Horse Inn and the village hall. The latter was built in 1957 and opened in March of that year by Princess Alexandra.

The church is the chief centre of interest. There is no record of its original construction date; the earliest known date is 1539, which relates to one of the bells. It was rebuilt in 1610 and restored by Street in 1884. There is a marble and alabaster tomb in the chancel to Sir Marmaduke Dayrell, the church’s builder and treasurer to three monarchs - Queen Elizabeth I, King James I and King Charles I. The stained glass includes four 17th century roundels and a 19th century west window modelled on one of the Reynolds’ figures at Oxford’s New College Chapel. Of interest is the Jacobean font cover which has been restored and stands at the west end of the south side.