Chalvey
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The first written record of Chalvey dates back to 1217. The name comes from the Old English word ´cealf´, and means ´Calf Island´.
The Chalvey Stab Monk legend has become a local tradition: an organ-grinder´s monkey bit a child, whose father stabbed the monkey to death. The crowd took up a collection for the organ-grinder, and spent some of the money on a funeral for the monkey.
On the anniversary of the monkey´s death the villagers marked the occasion by following the original funeral route and burying a model of the monkey - although some accounts hint that the procession got no further than the nearest pub, and that the first person to get drunk was dumped in the monkey´s grave or Chalvey Brook and named ´Mayor of Chalvey´ for the following year.
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