First patrols Despite its distance from London, Egham and Englefield Green were included in the Bow Street Horse Patrol. The […]

Before television, and indeed the internet, people went to the cinema to watch the news. Silent newsreels were provided by: […]

Did you see Bing Crosby having a drink at the Eclipse pub (now Prezzo) or Michael Caine driving his car […]

Did you see Bing Crosby having a drink at the Eclipse pub (now Prezzo) or Michael Caine driving his car […]

As we drove down the Avenue one evening in 2018, my husband and I spotted something new – the White […]

As part of our 2020 temporary exhibition, ‘Location, Location, Location: Egham and Area Behind and in Front of the Camera’, […]

December 1771 saw the sensational 6-hour trial of William Davis, surgeon and apothecary for robbing the Royal Mail of a […]

2019 marked the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci – but how is he connected to Egham? […]

During the Great War, an initiative to help and support all the wounded British soldiers hospitalised in UK or abroad […]

A fatal rail accident which occurred at Egham just before 7.30pm on 7th June 1864 is described in The Railway […]

Out of all of the things exhibited in our small but interesting museum, there is an item that often catches […]

Today, Sunday 11th November 2018, marks the centenary of the end of World War I, known then as The Great […]

During her research investigating the history of education in the Egham area over the past few centuries, Museum volunteer Margaret […]

As part of our current exhibition, Educating Egham: Schooling in Egham, Egham Hythe, Englefield Green, Thorpe & Virginia Water, museum volunteer […]

Egham, like many small towns in the south east of England experienced its fair share of tragedy during the war. […]