building society mutual industry banking and financial services fate merged with skipton building society 2010 founded 1845 headquarters chesham england uk products savings mortgages investments loans credit cards insurance website www.cheshambs.co.uk the chesham building society was a building society based in the market town of chesham in buckinghamshire england 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 . 1 it was a member of the building societies association . their logo was a stylised chess piece a pun on the name of the river chess the local river . contents 1 history 1.1 merger with skipton building society 2 references 3 external links history edit 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 chesham hence the original slogan was far better for being near to you . the society had branches in aylesbury little chalfont an agency in tring and the branch head office in chesham . merger with skipton building society edit on 24 february 2010 the society announced a proposed merger with the skipton building society . 2 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 . 3 the merger of the two societies took place on 1 june 2010 . the enlarged society operates under the skipton name . 4 references edit building societies association asset list as at 1 april 2010 pdf file retrieved 2 april 2010 chesham and skipton building societies joint press release 24 february 2010 accessed 1 april 2010 chesham building society agm 31 march 2010 chesham bs website accessed 1 april 2010 chesham merger announcement skipton building society external links edit chesham building society now redirects to skipton building societies association kpmg building societies database 2008 v t e former building societies in the united kingdom abbey national aberavon mutual permanent aid to thrift alliance and leicester anglia barnsley bedford bedford crown bexhill bingley permanent birmingham midshires bolton bradford and bingley bradford equitable bristol and west britannia bury st edmunds burnley catholic century chelsea cheltenham and gloucester chesham cheshire cheshunt chilterns city & metropolitan city of derry city of london clay cross benefit co operative permanent coventry provident derbyshire dunfermline eastbourne essex equitable frome selwood gainsborough gateway greenwich guardian halifax hampshire haywards heath heart of england hendon herts and essex ilkeston permanent kent reliance ketley s lambeth lancastrian leamington spa leeds permanent louth mablethorpe and sutton mercantile mid sussex mornington national & provincial north of england northern rock norwich and peterborough nottingham imperial peckham portman portsmouth regency rowley regis scarborough sheffield shepshed st pancras st stephen s staffordshire standard stroud & swindon sun surrey sussex county town and country tynemouth universal walthamstow wessex west cumbria west of england woolwich v t e independent building societies in the united kingdom bath beverley buckinghamshire cambridge chorley coventry cumberland darlington dudley earl shilton ecology furness hanley economic harpenden hinckley and rugby holmesdale ipswich leeds leek united loughborough manchester mansfield market harborough marsden melton monmouthshire national counties nationwide newbury newcastle nottingham penrith principality progressive saffron scottish skipton stafford railway swansea teachers tipton & coseley vernon west bromwich yorkshire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chesham building society & oldid 647218184 categories former building societies of the united kingdomcheshamorganizations established in 18451845 establishments in england navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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