Shop
Chesham museum has on sale a large variety of items including: bags, scarves, jugs, locally made brushes, teddy bears and toys, coasters, fridge magnets, note books, many more gift items, books and DVDs. All at extremely reasonable prices. We are also pleased to stock lots of locally created products:
- Alistair Blake – pottery
- Auberge du Chocolat – 90gm chocolate bars
- Chloe Bijou Creations – draught excluders, door stops, key rings
- Crystal Candles – vintage glass candles
- Little Stanley’s Homemade – jams, jellies, chutneys and marmalade
- PE Mead & Sons – Chiltern oils, dressing and mayonnaise
- R Russell Brushes – variety of brushes
Contact us or email us at shop@cheshammuseum.org.uk if you’d like to place an order.
Publications for sale
Chesham Museum has a extensive range of books and booklets for sale by post.
To place an order, use our order form below.
Please note there is an additional postage and packaging fee of £3.00 for each book ordered.
Please make cheques payable to Chesham Museum.
We are not able to take credit/debit card payments over the phone at the present time.
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Chesham - The Origin of the Town's Services
£ 14.95A look at the evolution of the infrastructure of Chesham as regards Local Government, Law & Order (including the Police Force), Transport (Road, Canal & Rail), Services (Water, Gas & Electric), The Post Office and the Fire Brigade. Interspersed with the historical information are intriguing stories of everyday life, some comic, some tragic, and when taken as a whole this is a unique account of how a town developed.
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Don't Shoot The Messenger!
£ 10.00To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Dad’s Army, Don’t Shoot The Messenger! is based on the private wartime scrapbooks, photographs and other memorabilia of Chesham Home Guard’s commander Col. A Melville.
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Chesham Fire Brigade
£ 3.50Information and extracts from the Chesham Fire Brigade Minutes and Log Books from 1846 to 1971. Includes a brief history of the early volunteer brigades, summaries of some of the more important fires in Chesham’s history and lists of firemen before 1900.
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Chesham Schooldays
£ 3.50Research and information on schooldays in Chesham by the Chesham Museum Research Group.
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Chesham Bowling Club: 1912 – 2012
£ 2.50A history celebrating the 100 years of the Chesham Bowling Club.
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Chesham at Work in the Twentieth Century
£ 12.95A celebration of Chesham’s industrial heritage with a portrait of its workers and the various items manufactured by them.
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The Life & Times of Thomas Harding
£ 3.95Thomas Harding was born around 1470 and became a farmer. His belief in the right to read the Bible in English led to an ongoing confrontation.
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Midsomer Murders on Location
£ 5.00A survey of over 100 picturesque locations, including Chesham, with historical notes and filming anecdotes. One of the locations is none other than 15 Market Square, now the home of Chesham Museum. A must for Midsomer fans.
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The Roman Chilterns
£ 6.00Professor Branigan and Dr Niblet, archaeologists, describe the Roman occupation of this area; everyday life for the Romano-British, both in the city of Verulanium and in the Chiltern countryside
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Images of 150 years of the Metropolitan Railway
£ 12.99A book for the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Railway with images and information on its history.
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The Ten Cinemas of Chesham
£ 3.95This booklet describes how the evolution of the cinema in Chesham has reflected the changing nature of the films and how they have been exhibited over the past 120 years.
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Entertaining Chesham
£ 20.00The story of amateur dramatics, musical theatre and choral singing in Chesham from 1872 to 1950. 618 pages packed with information and anecdotes, illustrated with black and white photographs of some of the casts, programmes and venues.
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The Church by the Woods
£ 7.50The story of St George’s Church; its building and congregation, including newspaper reports, memoirs of villagers and veterans of its many organisations and groups.
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Whitehill School, 1890 – 1990: The Story of a Landmark
£ 1.00This book was published in 1990 to celebrate Whitehill School’s centenary.
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The History of Chesham United
£ 16.95A book on the history of the football club, Chesham United, by Peter Gibbons.
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Chesham Through Time
£ 14.99A fascinating selection of photographs trace some of the many ways in which Chesham has changed and developed over the last century.
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Walking with Buckinghamshire Suffragettes
£ 1.50Six heritage trails tracing the women’s suffragette movement in and around the Chilterns.
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Pubs & Inns of Chesham & Villages
£ 12.95A fascinating guide to the historic public houses of Chesham and district, including more than twenty establishments that are still serving today. Featuring over 100 alehouses, inns, taverns and beer shops in the town centre and the surrounding Buckinghamshire villages.
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Chesham in Living Memory
£ 9.95The age of the motor car. Find out how the town developed from the 1940s through to the present day due to the demands of road building, modernisation of the shopping centre and the unstoppable age of progress. Heavily illustrated with photographs through the decades. An interesting focus on both architecture and motor vehicles.
Choose the books you are interested in buying from the list below and a member of the Museum will get back to you to help complete your order.Ordering books