Milton Keynes Heritage Association was formed in 1994 by a number of local heritage groups and museums, with the aim of encouraging and developing co-operation between organisations having an interest in heritage in Milton Keynes, north Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire
Local heritage events
MKHA members organise talks and other events for those interested in our heritage.
Towcester and District Local History Society. Ruth Thomas looks at the development of shoe manufacturing in Northampton from the medieval period as a small cottage industry to a factory industry employing thousands.
Heritage Open Days will take place across two weekends in 2018: 6th to 9th and 13th to 16th September.
Location map of MKHA members
Members
MKHA has around 60 member organisations, with a broad range of interests and a wide geographical coverage from Buckingham in the west, Olney in the east, Towcester in the north and Woburn Sands in the south.
Become a members
Membership is open to local history groups and individuals and is open to those outside the MIlton Keynes Council boundary.
![By Boots Cash Chemists "Pelham" Series (Old postcard) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/northampton-railway-station.jpg)
![By JPWarchaeology [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/time-team.jpg)
![By Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/midlands-factory-1944.jpg)
![Elizabeth Thompson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/scotland-forever-600x420-80x60.jpg)
