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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  Don't Shoot The Messenger!

  Eleanor Phillips & Keith Fletcher £ 10.00

  To 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

  Sue Gordon & Chesham Museum Research Group £ 3.50

  Information 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

  Chesham Museum Research Group, edited by Sue Gordon £ 3.50

  Research and information on schooldays in Chesham by the Chesham Museum Research Group.

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  Chesham Bowling Club: 1912 – 2012

  The Bowling Club £ 2.50

  A history celebrating the 100 years of the Chesham Bowling Club.

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  Chesham at Work in the Twentieth Century

  Keith Fletcher, Peter Hawkes and Lesley Perry. £ 12.95

  A 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

  Arnold Baines & Shirley Foxell £ 3.95

  Thomas 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

  Sabine Schreiner & Joan Street £ 5.00

  A 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

  Keith Branigan & Rosalind Niblett £ 6.00

  Professor 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

  Clive Foxell £ 12.99

  A 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

  Clive Foxell £ 3.95

  This 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

  Geoff Hale £ 20.00

  The 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

  Sheila Hart & Neil Rees £ 7.50

  The 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

  Whitehill School £ 1.00

  This book was published in 1990 to celebrate Whitehill School’s centenary.

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  The History of Chesham United

  Peter Gibbins £ 16.95

  A book on the history of the football club, Chesham United, by Peter Gibbons.

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  Chesham Through Time

  Colin Seabright £ 14.99

  A 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

  Colin Cartwright and Andrew Clark £ 1.50

  Six heritage trails tracing the women’s suffragette movement in and around the Chilterns.

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  Pubs & Inns of Chesham & Villages

  Ray East, Keith Fletcher and Peter Hawkes £ 12.95

  A 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

  Phil Cox, Ray East and Peter Hawkes £ 9.95

  The 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.