In the south of the county is the fairly modern town of Gerrards Cross. In 1859 a new ecclesiastical parish was created from three existing parishes and called Gerrards Cross. The name comes from the Gerrard family who owned a manor in the area in the 17th century. Gerrards Cross officially became a town in 2016.
There was settlement in the area before the mid-19th century though, indeed remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been found in the area. Most people in the parish at the time of it's creation were farmers or agricultural workers, nowadays many people in Gerrards Cross are commuters into London, using Gerrards Cross railway station or the nearby M25 and M40 motorways.
The parish church, dedicated to St James, was built in 1861 and had a Byzantine dome and an Italianate bell tower. The churchyard is the resting place of the famous actress Margaret Rutherford.
