The town of Chesham formed a local government district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1884 to 1974.

The first meeting of the Chesham Urban District Council was held on 2 January 1895 at the Mechanics' Institute.

In April 1934 the urban district was enlarged when parts of the adjacent parishes of Ashley Green, Chartridge, Chesham Bois, and Latimer were transferred into the parish and urban district of Chesham.

Chesham Urban District Council was granted a coat of arms and the motto 'Serve One Another' on 20 February 1961.

[10] From 1895 to 1909 the council met at the Chess Vale House School, at 31 High Street.

The rest of the council's staff were initially based at a house at the corner of Blucher Street and Bellingdon Road, but had to vacate there hurriedly in May 1898 when the landlord started demolishing part of the building.

It had been built in 1899 by the Chesham Co-operative Society as a shop, with a stable yard and outbuildings behind, and a large upstairs meeting room called 'Equity Hall'.