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The station was built a mile to the north of the old market town and has provided the focus of Amersham on the Hill ever since.
Amersham on the Hill has a Free church which is United Reformed and Baptist, the Methodist church St. John's and the Church of England St Michael & All Angels.
Nearby Amersham has 17, 719.
From 1950 to 1974 the town was part of South Buckinghamshire constituency ; since boundary changes made ahead of the February 1974 general election Chesham has been in the Chesham & Amersham constituency.
Local roads include the A355 which connects Amersham and Slough via Beaconsfield, although this has very heavy traffic in peak times.
When the Chiltern Railways services are included, Amersham still has four trains an hour to London in total, with extra trains from both operators in the peak.
Maintenance of an independent community separate from the Wycombe conurbation has been helped not only by the village's historic connections with the Missendens, Penn Street and Amersham but also by the presence in the village of a full range of amenities including: pre-schools ; primary and secondary schools ; three different Christian denomination churches ( Anglican, Baptist, Methodist ); a GP practice ; a dental practice ; three pubs ( The Bat and Ball, The Earl Howe and The Old Oak ); two clubs ( The British Legion and the Holmer Green Sports Association ); and good sports facilities.
Holmer Green has been part of Chesham and Amersham Parliamentary Constituency since its creation in 1974.
The 2011 proposals for parliamentary constituency boundary changes has kept Holmer Green in Chesham and Amersham constituency.
Established by Royal Charter in 1562 ( though originally established as a school in 1550 ), it is situated on Amersham Hill to the north of the town and has a capacity of about 1450 boys aged between 11 and 19.
Depots at Watford, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Amersham and Slough were acquired with London Country North West in 1990, although Amersham has since closed and Slough was later sold to BeeLine ( now First Berkshire & The Thames Valley.

Amersham and George's
Amersham is served by several primary schools, including Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary, Chestnut Lane School, Elangeni School, Chesham Bois Church of England School, St. Mary's Church of England Primary School, St. George's Church of England Infant School and Woodside Junior School.

Amersham and memorial
In 1521 seven Lollard dissenters ( William Tylsworth, John Scrivener, Thomas Barnard, James Morden, Robert Rave, Thomas Holmes and Joan Norman ) were burned at the stake in Amersham A memorial to them was built in 1931 and is inscribed as follows: " In the shallow of depression at a spot 100 yards left of this monument seven Protestants, six men and one woman were burned to death at the stake.
There is a memorial to local Lollards in Amersham, and memorials to Thomas Harding in the churchyard and on White Hill.

Amersham and George
He lived in retirement at Amersham for the greater part of his remaining years, writing constantly against internal divisions in the Quaker ranks, and denouncing in 1684 the heresy of George Keith.

Amersham and .
The film was shot mainly in London and the Home Counties, including Hampstead, Greenwich Hospital, Betchworth in Surrey, Amersham in Buckinghamshire, St Bartholomew-the-Great ( wedding # 4 ) and West Thurrock in Essex.
* Highest station – above sea level, at Amersham.
* Furthest outpost –, Amersham station.
A variety of other martyrs for the Lollard cause were executed during the next century, including the Amersham Martyrs in the early 1500s and Thomas Harding who died in 1532, one of the last Lollards to be persecuted.
He worked with the Amersham Repertory Company, the Bristol Old Vic Company and the Pilgrim Players at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate.
Examples of performers who went on to universal recognition are Jeremy Brett, Judi Dench, Rosemary Harris, Ian McKellen, Christopher Plummer, Harold Pinter, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Geraldine McEwan, Ronnie Barker, Dirk Bogarde, who wrote about his start at tiny Amersham rep in 1939, and Michael Caine, who recounts his time spent at Horsham rep in the early fifties, to present just a few.
In 1997 the Uppsala based biotechnology division Pharmacia Biotech merged with Amersham Life Science ( U. K .) and took the name Amersham Pharmacia Biotech.
The Pharmacia name was later dropped when Pharmacia & Upjohn sold its share of the company to Amersham plc.
The company changed its name to Amersham Biosciences in 2001.
In 2004 Amersham Biosciences was acquired by GE Healthcare.
In September 1961 the London Transport service north of Amersham was withdrawn.
From this date " Metropolitan line " refers only to the route from Aldgate to Baker Street and then northwards, through " Metro-land " to Amersham with a branch to Uxbridge.
Amersham is a market town and civil parish within Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills.
Amersham is split into two distinct areas: Old Amersham, set in the valley of the River Misbourne, which contains the 13th century parish church of St. Mary's and several old pubs and coaching inns ; and Amersham-on-the-Hill, which grew rapidly around the railway station in the early part of the 20th century.
: Geoffrey de Mandeville holds Amersham.
In 1200 Geoffrey, Earl of Essex obtained a charter for Amersham allowing him to hold a Friday market and a fair on 7 and 8 September.
The area of the town now known as Amersham on the Hill was referred to as Amersham Common until after the arrival of the Metropolitan Line in 1892.

Amersham and is
It is now known locally as " Top Amersham "," the Top Town " or " the New Town ".
At local level, Amersham is represented by its own town council.
Amersham is represented by two members elected for the Amersham division on Buckinghamshire County Council.
Amersham is located at ( 51. 6667,
Old Amersham is situated on the valley floor of the River Misbourne.
Amersham on the Hill is built on the north side of the Misbourne valley, on a small plateau that forms the watershed between the Misbourne and the neighbouring River Chess.
Amersham is linked to London by the Metropolitan Line of London Underground and is the last station on the Metropolitan main line.
A campaign of opposition to the impact on the town and the surrounding area of the preferred route is being locally co-ordinated by a protest group, Amersham Action Group, which along with other protest groups is part of the HS2 Action Alliance.
This became Amersham International, then Amersham plc, and now, after a number of changes of ownership and name, is part of GE Healthcare.
Old Amersham includes the Church of England St Mary's Church ( a Grade I listed building since December 1958 ), the exterior is Victorian but it includes 17th century glass from Lamer Manor in Hertfordshire and monuments in the chancel to 17th and 18th century notables.
Additionally, Amersham is included in the catchment areas of both Dr Challoner's High School, a girls ' grammar school in Little Chalfont, and Chesham Grammar School, a co-educational grammar school in Chesham.
Amersham is also served by Amersham & Wycombe College for further education.

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