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Superb garage doors in Amersham

ACE Garage Doors recently completed a job fitting new garage doors in Amersham to a separate garage building with four separate garage compartments within. The garage building was adjoining the most beautiful house with red brick and flint in a very tasteful design. Seven episodes of the popular television show Midsomer Murders have been filmed in Amersham, so judging by the rate that people meet with unfortunate ends in the series, it would be worth ordering your new garage door sooner rather than later. Quite a lot of the properties in and around Amersham tend to have garages but surprisingly few people store their cars in the garage. Maybe this is because it's just too much hassle getting out of the car to operate the door when they could just leave it on the driveway. Why not enquire about an electric garage door; they take all the hassle out of opening and closing a garage door every time you use your car.

Another reason some do not use their garage for their car is that space can be an issue when getting in or out of the car once in the garage. This is certainly the case with those who may have mobility challenges. Single garages don't often leave very much room either side of the car, making access a problem.

It's not just the hassle of putting the car away, or potential difficulty getting in and out of it that causes people to park on their driveways either. Many people need to use their garage space for storage, while others tend to use them as a workshop for completing DIY projects and with benches, tools and all the other paraphernalia, there is simply not enough room for the car in the garage.

Where is Amersham?

Old Amersham nestles in the valley floor of the River Misbourne. This is a chalk stream which dries up periodically. The river occupies a valley much larger than it is possible for a river the size of the present River Misbourne to cut, which makes it a misfit stream. The valley floor is at around 330 ft OD, and the valley top is at around 541 ft OD. An ordnance datum (OD) is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. It is likely that the valley was formed under conditions similar to those required to form a dry valley. 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.

History of the town of Amersham

The name "Amersham" is derived from the Old English for Ealhmund's village.

Records for Amersham date back to Anglo-Saxon times when it was known as Agmodesham, and by the time that the Domesday Book was written in 1086, it had become known as Elmodesham. Further spelling variations are seen in 1460 as Agmondysham and Amytysham.

The Domesday entry for Amersham reads:

Geoffrey de Mandeville holds Amersham. It answers for 7.5 hides. Land for 16 ploughs; in lordship 2 hides; 3 ploughs there. 14 villagers with 4 smallholders have 9 ploughs; a further 4 possible. 7 slaves; meadow for 16 ploughs; woodland 400 pigs. The total value is and was £9; before 1066 £16. Queen Edith held the manor of Amersham.

Amersham after 1066

Queen Edith was the wife of Edward the Confessor and sister of King Harold and after her death in 1075, the land passed to William the Conqueror, who granted it to Geoffrey de Mandeville.

In 1200, his descendant Geoffrey de Mandeville, who became the Earl of Essex in 1213, obtained a charter for Amersham allowing him to hold a Friday market and a fair on 7 and 8 September. In 1613, another charter was granted to Edward, Earl of Bedford, changing the market day to Tuesday, and establishing a statute fair on 19 September. We sometimes forget that nearly every regular market in England once required permission from the ruling monarch to be held.

Religious persecution in Amersham

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. They died for the principles of religious liberty, for the right to read and interpret the Holy Scriptures and to worship God according to their consciences as revealed through God's Holy Word". The Universal Magazine for September 1749 quotes that 'William Tylesworth' was in fact burnt in 1506, and that Thomas Bernard and James Morden, were burnt about two years later.

Add value to your Amersham property with new garage doors

Many of us spend a small fortune on extensions, conservatories, replacement double glazing and interior design, but few consider the garage when it comes to home improvements. This is sad, as the garage is a major selling point for any property, so why would you want a pristine property, with drab, dented or tatty looking garage doors?

ACE Garage Doors have a huge range of quality garage doors in many different styles to choose from. Obviously, they all look great, but the security aspect is a large part of the reason why many people choose new garage doors from us.

Remember that your car is probably the most expensive purchase you will ever make, after your home, so it make perfect sense to keep your investment safe and secure in a garage. Even if you don't use your garage primarily for your car, think about all the tools and other property you store in the garage. A secure garage door is vital in the quest to deter those who would seek to steal your property.

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