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Local Information for Amersham

Amersham is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. It is part of the London commuter belt.

Amersham is widely known because of a multinational pharmaceutical company, Amersham plc (originally known as Amersham International, and acquired in 2004 by the American company General Electric), that took its name from the town.

Amersham is in two parts: Amersham on the Hill, which is close to the railway station, and Old Amersham, which contains St. Mary's, a 13th century church, and several old inns.

Records of Amersham date back to pre-Saxon times, when it was known as Agmodesham, and by the time that the Domesday book was written at around 1086 it became known as Elmodesham. The Domesday entry is as follows:

Queen Edith was the wife of Edward the Confessor and sister of king Harold, and after her death in 1075 the land passed to William the Conqueror who granted it to Geoffrey de Mandeville. Arms of Amersham Town Coun...More