Small town of 462 inhabitants located 205 m above sea level, in the Pays d'Ouche, the Lesme Creek, under the patronage of St. Peter, has an area of 2150 ha, agricultural land, (culture and forest), soil clay with flint and chalk marl.
Originally, the parish of Chéronvilliers surrounded between the forest of Breteuil and the eagle, had a very large extent, since in that of Bourth seconded, to build a fortress to protect the border Norman on this side, bordering the forest of Breteuil, which so far advanced.
On behalf of Chéronvilliers, we identify one of a Gallo-Roman nobleman, who was probably the founder. Caraunus, the Latin name of Saint-Cheron, who evangelized the country of Chartres in the early centuries of Christianity. Chéronvilliers name is mentioned for the first time in 1125, (Chéronvilliers), in a charter of Robert de Leycester, in favor of the Hermits of the priory of the Desert, located about six miles downstream from Lesme.
At the same time, begins to appear a family bearing the name of the parish, since a charter of Henry 1st, 1130, mentions a land donated by William of Chéronvilliers at priory Lesme. In 1210 and into 1265, we find the name of this family.
According to a donation dated 1255 by William of Courteille the priory of the Desert, Bourth was still part of the parish of Chéronvilliers. Sponsored by Chéronvilliers belonged to John, who arranged for the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur d'Evreux, in March 1265, and was claimed later by the widow of Jean Chéronvilliers third in As a dowry, but gave up in 1271. The land then passed to the family of Brucourt Ferrant, then by marriage of a daughter, Jean de Thevray. Then, by the marriage of his two daughters, Elizabeth and Jeannne, the land of Chéronvilliers is owned in part, to the family of Rouves and partly to the family of Chambray, eventually, end up being owned, in whole, of Family Rouves until November 3, 1672, when Henry the second of Rouves, sold the fiefs, land and lordship of Chéronvilliers, Marc Girard, lord of the river, Ambenay. Jeanne Girard, (daughter or granddaughter of it), married François Sevin, which she brought the manor of Chéronvilliers, and which gave admission to the Count of Tillières, June 17, 1767, shortly before his death, as the manor is transferred to Father Sevin, (uncle of the children of François Sevin), by act of the notary of Tillières October 12, 1768.
Several fiefs dependent on the lordship of Chéronvilliers, including the Landes, where ditches indicate the existence of ancient fortifications, and probably an old fortified castle, built right on the edge of the forest of Breteuil.
This is the hamlet of old chair that God was the first site of the monastery of Chaise-Dieu.
