Amersham
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Amersham books (7 available)
So You Think You Know? High Wycombe
Hardback
- 12 photos on Amersham appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Amersham
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UPDATE:Mystery solved!!
To Whom It May Concern:
I am an American living in the state of Maryland. I've had a picture in my office for quite some time now, that I recently took a better look at. Originally, I was told that this picture was of the city of Rockville, in Maryland, during the late 19th century. Upon closer inspection though, the picture has a pub by the name of 'The Hand 'n' Hand Wellers' and below that the sign reads, 'Amersham Ales'. That made me do some research and I'm now writing to this web site to find the answers to my questions concerning this picture. What year was it taken? Is that really St. Mary's in the background? Finally, ...read more here
Contributed by Myron Morrell
We're all grown up now
Amersham - we had such a wonderful time with you, my sister, my two cousins and I. We were young, so we played, we swam, we chatted. We're all grown up now, with children of our own - I wonder if we could get back to you - would we be young again? 1958 - the year my sister was born. My parents were in Amersham that year. They're gone now, but you're still here. I'm very glad.
Contributed by Kelly Mitchell
Buckinghamshire memories
UPDATE:Mystery solved!!
To Whom It May Concern:
I am an American living in the state of Maryland. I've had a picture in my office for quite some time now, that I recently took a better look at. Originally, I was told that this picture was of the city of Rockville, in Maryland, during the late 19th century. Upon closer inspection though, the picture has a pub by the name of 'The Hand 'n' Hand Wellers' and below that the sign reads, 'Amersham Ales'. That made me do some research and I'm now writing to this web site to find the answers to my questions concerning this picture. What year was it taken? Is that really St. Mary's in the background? Finally, ...read more here
A memory of Amersham contributed by Myron Morrell
We're all grown up now
Amersham - we had such a wonderful time with you, my sister, my two cousins and I. We were young, so we played, we swam, we chatted. We're all grown up now, with children of our own - I wonder if we could get back to you - would we be young again? 1958 - the year my sister was born. My parents were in Amersham that year. They're gone now, but you're still here. I'm very glad.
A memory of Amersham contributed by Kelly Mitchell
Extracts From Amersham & Buckinghamshire books
Back towards the Market Hall we have another view of the King’s Arms, the left
hand part and the chimneys dating from the 1936 remodelling. To the right is the
fine late Victorian shopfront to Haddon’s the chemists, now Liz Quilter and without
the cresting. The alley through the archway to its left leads to the Baptist Chapel
built behind the High Street in the late 18th century, its roof seen on the left of
view A148068.
An extract from from"Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories".
From further west this view gives a good idea of the Georgian and later brick
frontages added to the mainly 17th century timber-framed cottages lining the High
Street and giving the town its distinctive character. The lime trees on the right are
in front of the Sir William Drake Almshouses built in 1657, an open courtyard with
a brick wall and archway to the street and ranges of cottages for ‘the relief of six
poor widows well reputed in the parish’.
An extract from from"Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories".
In the heart of the town the church and the grand Market Hall are the key buildings. The Hall with its jaunty cupola
was built in 1682 by Sir William Drake of Shardeloes, and has miraculously survived highway engineers’ traffic
safety zeal.
An extract from from"Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories".
This view, also taken from
an upstairs window of the
Griffin, looks into Broadway,
much changed in the 1930s
and 1940s. Until 1939 the
buildings on the right faced
Church Alley and the backs of
ranges of cottages a few feet
away, demolished in that year.
Originally medieval and Tudor
encroachments onto the old
market place, these cottages
hid the east view of the 1682
Market House. To the right,
further cottages went in 1949
to make way for the
Memorial Gardens.
An extract from from"Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories".
Looking west past the Memorial
Gardens, the white building on
the far hill, just to the left of the
church tower, is Shardeloes, the
Georgian mansion of the lords of
the manor. Designed in the 1760s
by the splendidly-named architect
Stiff Leadbetter for William Drake,
it replaced a 1630s house and
was completed and decorated by
Robert Adam. The Georgian stables
and service buildings, designed by
Francis Smith of Warwick and added
to the 17th century mansion for
Gerrard Drake in the 1720s, were
retained by Leadbetter.
An extract from from"Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories".