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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V. Near the playing field is the " Chiltern Pools ", one of the two venues used by the Amersham Swimming Club.

Situated also at the Barn Meadow site, ( School Lane, Old Amersham ) is the 61 Judo Club, a family-oriented, successful and competitive Judo Club catering for serious and social players alike.

Dr Challoner's Grammar School ( also known as DCGS, Challoner's Boys or simply Challoner's ) is a selective grammar school for boys in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.

There are two of the ' big five ' supermarkets present which have impacted on the town's independent stores and all retail outlets have also to compete with other nearby town centres, at Amersham, Berkhamsted and Tring as well as the large shopping centres in High Wycombe, Watford and Milton Keynes.

Amersham station is also served by Chiltern Railways, which runs trains between London Marylebone and Aylesbury.

In peak hours there are also Metropolitan line fast and semi fast services to Amersham, Chesham and Watford which start at Aldgate.

Most of the new Parish came from Amersham, but a small part ( in area, rather larger in population ) of Chalfont St Giles was also included.

Flackwell Heath is also home to the Wycombe campus of Amersham & Wycombe College, based in Spring Lane in the buildings of the former secondary school.

From 1934 it came together with the other villages to form the new civil parish of Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards and was also transferred to Amersham Rural District.

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.

Regular bus services operated by Arriva Shires & Essex connect Holmer Green to High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Berkhamsted, and Hemel Hempstead ; Carousel Buses also serve the village.

The village of Penn Street also lies within the parish boundary about a mile from the main village, and refers to the road that leads to Penn from nearby Amersham.

It comprises the large towns of Chesham and Amersham and outlying village settlements set within rural land which is within the Metropolitan Green Belt and part of which also falls within the Chilterns AONB.

Amersham & Wycombe College is also in partnership with Buckinghamshire New University, National Enterprise Academy, BPEC, Skills Funding Agency and University of Westminster, amongst other well-established organisations, employers and educational institutions.

As of 2010, the college also operates free buses in an around Amersham and High Wycombe to college students, as well as additional services to neighbouring towns such as Princes Risborough, Berkhamsted, Chesham and Hemel Hempstead.

The college also runs its own record label, known as SHAM Records, as well as a theatre named The Theatre On The Hill ( located within the Amersham Campus ), as well as a TV show called Amersham & Wycombe TV.

* St Mary's Church, also in Old Amersham

In that time he was three times also elected for Amersham, but chose to sit for Buckinghamshire.

The popularity is due partly to the town's easy access to London by road, partly to Wendover railway station, served by Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone via Amersham, and partly because it is so picturesque.

In the northbound direction the station is served primarily by trains to Watford, and occasionally at peak times by ' slow ' Amersham and Chesham trains (' fast ' trains do not stop at stations between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Moor Park ).

The electrification was then extended north to Amersham and Chesham, leaving Aylesbury services to be served by British Rail Class 115 diesel multiple unit trains ( since replaced by Chiltern Railways Class 165 and Class 168 units ).

In 2004 Amersham Biosciences was acquired by GE Healthcare.

* Shardeloes, Amersham, Buckinghamshire ( altered and completed the original design by Stiff Leadbetter ) ( 1759 – 63 )

It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as being bordered on one side by Amersham and Chesham Bois.

There is a fire station located in Bellingdon Road which is supplemented by services from the station at Amersham and other nearby towns.

The rolling stock ordered by London Underground as part of this project, the A60 stock, is named after Amersham.

In 1934 it came together with the other villages to form the civil parish of Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards and became part of Amersham Rural District which as part of the 1974 Local Government reorganisation was succeeded by Chiltern District.

Being only a short drive from both Amersham to the east, and High Wycombe to the south-west, the village is suitably located for commuting into London by fast mainline railway on the Chiltern line which takes about 40 minutes, or on the Metropolitan line which is slower.

She went on to stand for Labour at Chesham and Amersham in the 1992 general election, increasing the Labour share by 18 %.