This page is currently under development. Full details of our history can be found at the current Village History site
Local towns began to grow and ancient rights of way such as the Ridgeway also passed not far from Lee. However, set well away from the main ‘road’, transport to and from the Lee was very limited and the only way for most villagers to get to work was to walk. Over the centuries, the village became increasingly self-sufficient with a number of farms, its own bakery and of course a pub never far away.
Other small farming communities also developed on the high ground to the north of Great Missenden; next to Lee at Lee Common and at Hunts Green; on the road to Wendover at King’s Ash and at Lee Gate; and around the cross-roads at Swan Bottom. Houses dating from the 16th and 17th centuries remain in all of these communities.