Jordans…
a Quaker village
How to get to Jordans
By bus:
By train:
Walk level:
305 from
Beaconsfield, High
Wycombe and
Uxbridge
From Marylebone,
Beaconsfield and
High Wycombe.
Some village,
pavement walking.
Some footpath
walking and potentially
some road walking,
only for confident
walkers.
By road:
A 40 between
Beaconsfield and
Gerrards Cross.
Take the road sign
posted to Jordans
through Wilton Park.
Follow signs to village
centre.
If arriving by train take the road
from the station. At the main road
cross and enter Wilton Lane and
take the footpath at the end of the
road. This joins a road that skirts
Crutches Wood and leads eventually
to Jordans village centre, with its
green and village shop. If taking the
bus, ask the bus driver to drop you
off at the Jolly Cricketers pub in
Seer Green. Walk back down the
road as if going out of Seer Green
the way you came and take the
footpath on your left after the Old
Chapel House.
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Route Map of Jordans
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When the footpath divides, take the
right-hand fork.You will pass along
the edge of Green Wood and cross a
bridleway called Wilton Lane.You come
to a road that leads to Jordans village
green. The village was planned in the
early twentieth century. When a local
landowner wanted to sell off land to a
property developer the local inhabitants
decided to form a company and buy
it themselves. They set up a Quaker
community and named it after Old
Jordan’s Farm. Building started on 15th
February 1919. The buildings all have a
simple Arts and Crafts appearance, a
very popular and back to basics look at
the time.
Turn right to exit the village. Cross over at the
T-junction and take the footpath parallel to the
road to find Old Jordans and the Mayflower
tithe barn. Parts of both buildings are said to
incorporate timbers from the Mayflower, the first
boat to take the Pilgrim Fathers to America. They
were built in 1624 and were the centre of illegal
Quaker meetings until 1687 when nonconformist
denominations of Christianity was legalised by
James II. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania,
worshipped here. Both are now privately owned.
Carry on down the road on the
grass verge on the left-hand side. The
Meeting House was built in 1688
after nonconformism was made legal.
William Penn was one of those who
could worship in freedom after that
date and is buried in the cemetery
with his first and second wives. The
Meeting House was damaged by fire
on 11th March 2005. To reach the
train station again, carry on down
the road, walking on the right-hand
side facing oncoming traffic and take
the road on the right and follow
signs to the station. If you took the
bus, retrace your steps to
Seer Green.
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