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Text from a manuscript reading Agmondesham als Amersham in the County of Bucks
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Text from a manuscript reading Agmondesham als Amersham in the County of Bucks

Research notes

Research notes and curious things I’ve discovered while researching the history of Amersham Old Town

Detail from the 1851 census for Amersham
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Unusual entry in the census

Byoldamersham.uk 14 May 202425 May 2025

Occupations given in the census returns can sometime be aspirational or euphemistic, where people want to give a better impression of their status, not so in this case

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Detail from the John Speed Buckinghamshire map
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A county border anomaly

Byoldamersham.uk 7 May 202425 May 2025

The village of Coleshill, part of the parish of Amersham, Buckinghamshire was also once in Hertfordshire

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