Pictorial Tour of Amersham
The River Misbourne

There used to be mills at each end of Old Amersham on the Misbourne. The Mills have also in their time seen use as a brewery and perfume factory (Goya). Above is Badminton Court with the Misbourne flowing underneath it. The building, formerly the Weller brewery (sold in 1929 to Benskins) and then Goya is now offices.

The Misbourne flowing past the cemetery. For many years, the river has dried up probably caused by the reduced rainfall and high amounts of pumping further up stream. The river bed all but disappeared in many places. A multi million pound scheme was undertaken over the past few years to bring water back to the Misbourne and it is a pleasure to see it flow again. Although as can be seen below, the river still dries up.

The very sad view of the Misbourne, or lack of it in September 2006

In 2001 work started on repairing the Misbourne's bank. Work now completed.

The River Misbourne by Town Mill. In 2000 the Misbourne burst its banks, flooding a number of properties along High Street and causing me to get wet feet when taking this picture from a flooded public footpath.

Please note, that the following pages contain large numbers of photographs. The photographs have been compressed, but it may still take a few minutes to download each page.

Please choose a link for the part of the tour you wish to view

The Market Hall	Market Square
High Street	Church Street
Whielden Street	The Platt
The Broadway	Gore Hill / Bury Farm
Views of Old Amersham	The Martyrs Memorial
The River Misbourne	Yards and Alleys
Amersham on the Hill Houses	Station Road
Sycamore Road	Hill Avenue
Chiltern Avenue	Woodside Road
Miscellaneous	Panorama / 360 Degree Views
View from St. Mary's Church Tower	On Line Maps of Amersham
You may also be interested in the Streets of Amersham picture gallery here Most of the pictures on this pictorial tour have been taken since 1995. For old pictures of Amersham, see the Old Pictures of Amersham pages

For pictures of Chesham Bois, Little Chalfont and Amersham's schools, churches and pubs, see the links from the main Amersham homes page, link at the bottom of this page.

Any additions, corrections, alterations, please email the web master

Share your views on Amersham, or post a message for others to read on the Amersham forum

Amersham Home Page - Amersham Index

Site Quick Links - Forum - What's On - Search - F.A.Qs. - Links - Tourist - About - Contact - Full Index

Amersham
---- News, Views & Information

This web site is Copyright and operates a privacy policy
please also see disclaimer

Site Quick Links - Home - Forum - What's On - Search - F.A.Qs. - Links - Tourist - About - Contact - Full Index

Pictorial Tour of AmershamThe River Misbourne

Pictorial Tour of Amersham
The River Misbourne