A new A3 map leaflet for visitors to Amersham has been produced by Amersham Action Group volunteers which, for the first time, provides useful and interesting information for both parts of the Town. The front features the metroland-style designed map for Amersham-on-the-Hill and on the back is our Old Amersham […]
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During 2024, Marieke Bosman, from Wild Amersham, will write about some of the wildflowers growing in and around Amersham along with their historical heritage. We hope this will encourage you to go out and enjoy them and perhaps look for ways to help protect this natural heritage for future generations. […]
Amersham Society January 2024 Newsletter and 2024 Programme are now published and have been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society September 2023 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members. Read Society Newsletters »
Amersham Society May 2023 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society January 2023 Newsletter and 2023 Programme are now published and soon will be delivered to the Society members. Download 2023 Programme »
Amersham Society September 2022 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society May 2022 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
The article “The rainforest on Amersham’s doorstep” by Marieke Bosman was written for the Society’s January 2022 Newsletter and underscores the importance of our local habitat. Marieke is an Old Amersham resident who is passionate about wildflowers and their protection and enjoyment. Her wildflower art is @mrsbloem on Instagram.
Amersham Society January 2022 Newsletter and 2022 Programme are now published and soon will be delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society September 2021 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
The Amersham Society May 2021 Newsletter told the story of The Wellerman, a sea shanty which had become very popular on the social medium TikTok earlier in the year.
Amersham Society May 2021 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society January 2021 Newsletter and 2021 Programme are now published and soon will be delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society September 2020 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society May 2020 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
Amersham Society January 2020 Newsletter and 2020 Programme are now published and have been delivered to the Society members.
The recent article “An Heirloom Comes Home” by Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake published in the Society’s September 2019 Newsletter has sparked a lot of interest among our members. The fascinating story of his great great grandfather, William Tyrwhitt-Drake, a Cavalry officer at Waterloo, was told through the 200 year history of his […]
Amersham Society September 2019 Newsletter is now published and has been delivered to the Society members.
The Society’s 2018 heritage project was to design and install a new map for the Amersham Old Town. Keeping up with the tradition of producing maps and promoting walks in and around the town, the new map slogan reads: “Walk the paths and enjoy the town’s hidden corners”.
On 25 Sep we will welcome back Dr. Melanie Windridge, physicist, writer, lecturer and mountaineer. In the talk “Summiting the Science of Everest” she will tell us the story of her own summit attempt in 2018. Read more about Dr. Windridge and her passion for travelling under extreme conditions in […]
When the Amersham Society was formed the first item on the agenda of the first Committee meeting was to discuss the fate of Shardeloes House, the home of the Lords of the Manor of Amersham. It was decided that the Society should do all in their power to prevent its […]
The Amersham Society Talk on 30 Jan 2019, given by Edward Copisarow, was provocatively entitled “The Destruction of Shardeloes”. It illustrated how a change in public opinion with regards to Britain’s built heritage helped to protect this historic country house. The report below from our May Newsletter is enhanced by […]
Although the Amersham Society started originally as a historical society, very soon it became clear that it needed to deal with preservation of old buildings, signs, monuments, footpaths in and around the Town. One of the first heritage projects initiated and supported by the Society was a restoration of the […]
The Amersham Society Committee has decided to go ahead with conservation work on the Vagabond (or Vagrant) notice later this year. It has been 25 years since the previous restoration performed by the Society. Back in 1994 the work was carried out by Martin Cook, the local carver and expert […]
One of our guests, that we welcomed at the Society Recruitment Party on Wednesday, was Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake. He had previously given two well remembered talks to the Amersham Society back in 2000 and 2001 on the history of the Drake family.
The first town trail leaflet “Amersham: A Walk around the Old Town” was published in 1975 as a contribution to European Architectural Heritage Year. The Society joined the Council of Europe’s initiative to raise public awareness that architectural heritage consists not only of the most important monuments, it also includes […]
Amersham Society May 2019 Newsletter is now published and is being delivered over the period of 31 May to 2 Jun to Society members. We apologise for the slight delay.
Archaeologist Michael Farley will be back at the Society meeting on 24 Apr with the talk “Moats, Mottes and Castles” about the history of conflict and defence in Medieval Buckinghamshire. The previous talk “Saxon Buckinghamshire”, which he gave on 24 Feb 2016, was very well received by members. Here is […]
Five years ago Sir John Johnson wrote two articles about spring and summer walks around Amersham. Both were published in the Society 2014 Newsletters under the common name ‘Amersham Country Diary’. Today we are releasing them online to share Sir John’s passion for the countryside and to encourage people to […]