Pictorial Tour of Amersham
Yards & Alleys - Off the Beaten Track

Off the High Street are many yards belonging to the former coaching inns, alms houses, and lanes. Much of the area off the High Street is private property. Above is Ward Place between The Crown and the Kings Arms.

A view along Chapel Yard, an alley way leading to the High Street from The Platt. The red brick building is an old warehouse, now converted into housing. The old warehouse used to store such things as flour, drugs and spirits, an old hoist is still visible. The warehouse served Haddons Pharmacy on the High Street, which has fine iron work above the shop front from 1910. Haddon's was rare as a chemist which held a license to sell spirits..

Looking the other way along Chapel Yard towards The Platt and the Baptist Chapel, now the Kings Church, with its fine domed or lantern roof. I have been told, but cannot confirm, that the dome is the second largest unsupported dome in England. (St. Paul's being the largest)

Picture Courtesy of David Littlemore

The Kings Church

A close up view of the Kings Church roof

Between the High Street and Barn Meadow is this lovely row of alms houses - Post Office Cottages or the day Almshouses. The building on the hill in the background is the old rectory for St. Mary's

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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.

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Pictorial Tour of Amersham
Yards & Alleys - Off the Beaten Track