Amersham History

Welcome to Amersham Museum’s “giant scrap-book”

BUILDINGS – of all sorts: houses modern and old, churches, pubs and shops

PEOPLE – some famous, some not, all with interesting stories

OTHER TOPICS – everything else: wartime, sport & entertaiment, local industries, transport

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION of George Ward’s photos of Amersham from 1880 to 1930

Helpful tip: to find a particular house, person or street, try using the SEARCH box in the left hand column of every page (or below on mobile phones).

Although we call it the Amersham History section of this website, it does not pretend to provide a full history of the town; for that we recommend Julian Hunt’s excellent book A History of Amersham. This section is more like a well-indexed, searchable and ever-expanding giant scrap-book, telling the stories of people who have lived in the town, often in their own words.  Click here to find out how to carry out personal research into your house or family.

Because there is still much that we do not yet know, the editor hopes that visitors to the website will be able to provide more photos and information for the website. Please contact us if you have corrections or additions. Amersham Museum thanks all those who have contributed to this community website. Click here to see the list of pages added in the last year.