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AMERSHAM

Volume 1 · 57 words · 1778 Edition

or AGMONDESHAM, a market-town in Buckinghamshire, consisting of about 200 houses, with a free-school, and four almshouses. It sends two members to parliament, and has a market on Tuesday. It is a rectory rated at £31. 16s. 8d. in the king's books. The market-house is a very handsome structure. W. long. 0° 15'. N. lat. 51° 47'.