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Pictorial Tour of Amersham
The Broadway

The Broadway. Now housing shops and restaurants, the site of a previous maltings

The Broadway, with the Market Hall in the background

Another view along the Broadway into Market Square. Note, until the 1930s this view of the Market Hall would not have been possible owing to a row of cottages that used to occupies the now wide roadway.

The south side of the Broadway

"Ask" Restaurant, formerly "The Griffin" is one of the oldest coaching inns in the town. The rear part is Tudor, the front dates from the late 17th century when the building was much altered, there is a cobbled yard for coaches. At the rear are many outbuildings originally used to service the coaching inn trade. The Griffin was once an important staging post, it was here that some of Cromwell's troops were stationed during the Civil War. The Griffin was also the location of Amersham first petrol pump and the first home of the Amersham Bus Company, the buses having to enter and leave via the rear entrance on Whielden Street because they could not fit through the arch. The interior displays 17th century timberwork and what is claimed to be the remains of an old Chappell. The above picture shows a porch, this was not an original feature having been added in the 1920s or 1930 and was removed in 2002.

The rear of the Griffin, showing the extensive out buildings, formerly stables of the coaching inn

Broadway Court - Elizabethan residence refronted in the 18th Century.

Fastened to the wall above a cottage in the Broadway, is the above sign. The text on the sing reads "24th of June, 1811. The Magistrates acting for this Hundred have given peremptory Order to the Constables and other Peace Officers to apprehend all Common Beggars Ballad Singers and other Vagrants so that they may be dealt with according to Law."

New sits next to old. A 1980s office development next to a row of cottages on the Broadway. The sign in the picture above is on the cottage on the left by the new building.

B&M Motors occupies the original bus garage site. The "new" bus garage built in the 1930s was demolished to make way for Tesco. Some thought the building should have been saved as it was a fine example of its style.

Sarsen Stones outside the gates of St. Mary's Court. Pre-historic stones used as route markers. St. Mary's court is an office development on the site of the old gas holders which used to blot the sky line of Old Amersham until they were demolished in the late 1980s.

The Broadway. Scoops used to occupy the end shops.

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