This article was written by Wendy Tibbitts for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with permission. In the mid 18th Century the growth of the Industrial Revolution […]
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The Old Cooking of Bucks
This article about a talk given by Janet Dineen to the Amersham Society and was written by Jo Worrall for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with […]
Read MoreWW2 submarine from Amersham
This article was written by George Worrall for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with permission. Among the many artefacts held by the Amersham Museum are two […]
Read MoreTextile production in Amersham
This article was written by Michael Brooks for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with permission. Researching my family history, I discovered that my great, great, great, […]
Read MoreThe Plague in Amersham
400This article was written by Michael Brooks for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with permission. A recent visitor to the town enquired how many people died […]
Read MoreWW2 preparations
This article was written by Derek Matthews for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter In the autumn of 1940, as part of the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, my Artillery Regiment moved […]
Read MoreCharities of Amersham
This article was written by Michael Brooks for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter in January 2005 and is reproduced here with permission. In his Epistle to the Corinthians, which established […]
Read MorePostal Services in Amersham
This article was written by Michael Brooks for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and is reproduced here with permission. The Postal System was first introduced into this country by the […]
Read MoreCharter and Cattle Fairs
You can also listen to Jim Gilbert talking about the Fairs These two articles were written by Michael Brooks for the Amersham Society/Amersham Museum newsletter and are reproduced here with […]
Read MoreHigh & Over
This Grade II* modernist building was started in 1929 and completed in 1931 by Amyas D Connell (1901-1980) for Bernard Ashmole (1898-1988) Professor of Classical Archaeology at London University and […]
Read MoreThe Old Rectory
The Old Rectory was built in the 1730s by Reverend Benjamin Robertshaw. It was often the second son of the Lord of the Manor (a member of the Drake family) […]
Read MoreGilbert Scott Court (Workhouse)
The central flint and brick building designed by George Gilbert Scott was built in 1838 in Tudor style with unknapped (not split to show the dark […]
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