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Elephant and Castle Pub, Amersham - Photo:
Jack Hill
CCL |
With a coterie of thatched
cottages, Georgian houses and ancient inns lining
the High Street, Amersham lies in the Chiltern
Hills and dates from pre-Saxon times. A local
museum housed in a 15th century half-timbered
building has a number of intriguing fossils and
archaeological finds, including Roman and medieval
objects. A monument in the town also commemorates
the so-called Lollards, religious rebels who were
burned at the stake in the 15th and 16th
centuries. One of the town’s most famous sons
Roger Moore, the ‘James Bond’ actor who was born
here in 1927 and attended a local grammar school. |
