Amersham and St Albans Notes From Walter Leese
Walter Leese tours Amersham noting the parish church of St Mary with 14th century memorials and the 1682 old market hall. He visits nearby Berkhampstead ruins and details St Albans Cathedral’s long history from Alban’s martyrdom to Roman Verulamium and rising excavations revealing mosaics and a Roman bath.
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Amersham
St Mary
Drake
High Street
King's Arms
Berkhampstead
Glen Alana
England
St Albans
St. Albans Abbey
Alban
Amphithalus
Britain
Constantine
St. Alban
St. Albans
Imety
St. Michael’s
Tient
Julius Caesar
Watling Street
Albans
Bath
Beaconsfield and Buckinghamshire Heritage Trails Noted
The reader highlights historic sites across St Albans Chesham and Buckinghamshire including Beaconsfield churchyard graves of Edmund Waller and G K Chesterton, Chesham’s Tudor houses, the Mad Hatter link to Roger Crab, and Chesham to Marlowe’s Thames boundary. It notes Chesham’s memorials, Burnham Beeches nearby, Chesham’s market towns, and Aylesbury’s inns and markets with references to St Mary’s, Waddesdon, and Tring churches.
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Eaconfield
Edmund Waller
G. K. Chesterton
Beaconsfield
Viscount Burnham
London ‘Daily Iis
Telegraph
Burnham
Ri ‘Oger Crab
Chesham
Marlowe
Thames
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Charles Frohman
Aylesbury
King’s Head
Bull's Head
Market Place
National Trust
Waddesdon
George Legge
St. Michael and [Am Angels
Rothschild
Canadian couple in England recall wartime guests and travels
The Tarquhars, once Canadian residents now living in England for about thirty years, share memories of entertaining Canadians during the war and visiting spots in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Parental discipline is discussed as potentially suppressing a child’s expression, with mental health experts urging balanced love and understanding. Benner Want-Ads promise results.
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Arthur Tarquhar
Hawkwel
Canada
England
Granby
Aldbury
Wendover
Chenies
Missenden
Great Missenden
Seer Green
Oxfordshire
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Walter R Leese
Moscow
Mall Fee
Tring
Warren
Cincinnati
Sandringham
N. R. Park & Sons
Russell, Man
Ina Westinghouse
Westinghouse
Casitar's
Radio Electric Sales & Service
St. Massey Tractor
Good
Jr. Massey Tractor
John Deere
McCormick- Deering
H.P. Fairbanks Morse
New
E. C. Shepherd
John Deere Sales & Servi
Brantford
Binder
Hembroff & Smart
B.A
Russell
Benner
Russell Banner
Raccans
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