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2025 talks (URC in town, Tuesdays, please arrive by 19:25 latest)

Talks start promptly at 19:30. Tickets are £2 for members, £4 for non-members, an includes a raffle ticket. (Also, please consider an annual membership – it’s a bargain!)

There is usually a break about half-way through where tea/coffees are available for purchase, and we usually have a raffle. You are still very welcome to bring your own water bottles.

• 2 September, “Cordwainers – are they a load of old cobblers?” (Judith Millidge).
• 16 September, “Sgt Cyril Stapleton” (Clive Stapleton).
• 7 October, “Tales from the Auction Room”, Evan Willison.
• 21 October, “The Devils Brew”, Geoff Morris.
• 4 November, “Gran’s Boy”, Caron Higgins.
• 18 November, “Black Redcoats”, Matthew Taylor.
• 2 December, “Quiz Night Social”, Geoff Morris.

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Summer walks

Walks require booking via either Eventbrite or through our Treasurer, Barbara. As we have to control group numbers, tickets cannot be arranged on the night.

Unless otherwise stated, walks are always Tuesday, and meet at 18:45 for a 19:00 start. Walks generally last about an hour to 90 minutes and are led by local guides. It is £3 per person for members, £5 for guests (we would greatly appreciate exact change if possible). Please check the weather report and dress appropriately! All walks are undertaken at your own risk – no animals please.

We need to control group numbers, so we ask you book via Eventbrite. If you need help with this, please ask us at a Tuesday meeting.

Format: Date, “Walk title” (maximum number of attendees).

• Walks have finished for Summer 2025. We’ll being again in late Spring 2026!

Tuesday afternoon meet-ups

All afternoon events will be at Ousebank House ( the Old British Legion Building) from 14:00 to 15:30. Costs (includes refreshments): £3 for members, £4 for guests . All members are welcome, feel free to bring guests with you. No need to book, just turn up.

• 26 August, “Games”.
• 30 September, “Hobbies and out of school activities”. Were you a Scout or Brownie? Did you have piano or elocution lessons? Did you go to Youth Club? Bring your stories to share.
• 28 October, “The History of The Brooklands Centre”. Building and Members.
• 25 November, “Games again!!!”

Visiting the museum (Chandos Hall)

We are usually open every second and fourth Sunday of the month, 14:00-16:00 unless noted otherwise. We do not usually open in December, although we may still have special dates for that month.

Heritage Open Days special exhibition

What started as a pandemic project has since gathered steam: Chris Bardell has constructed a capital collage of his life in terrific track and marvellous modelling materials.

The scene includes not only trains, but many local areas and landmarks from his life: Wolverton and Newport Pagnell have their railway stations; Wolverton has its park, Newport has its church. There’s New Bradwell, where he grew up – the cricket ground he played on, the band he listened to, the railway station, the windmill, the clocktower, and Goodman’s scrap yard. The landscape is dotted with the Hanslope and Olney church spires, Bradwell Abbey and much more.

Newport Pagnell Historical Society are privileged to have this wonderful working model on display throughout September at our museum in Silver Street.

Museum open days

• 12 September (11:00-16:00)
• 13 September (12:00-16:00)
• 14 September (12:00-16:00)
• 19 September (11:00-16:00)
• 20 September (12:00-16:00)
• 21 September (12:00-16:00)
• 28 September (14:00-16:00)
• 12 October (14:00-16:00)
• 26 October (14:00-16:00)

Directions to Chandos Hall can be found further down this page.

Newport Pagnell Historical Society (NPHS) was founded in 1984 by a small group interested in the buildings and people of the town and surrounding area and concerned in preserving the past for the future. By the 1990’s the thriving society, by its own fund raising efforts and with the generous help of the Harry Middleton Gift, was able to purchase and refurbish Chandos Hall and open it both as a Museum and the Society’s headquarters. The Society currently has around one hundred and seventy members who meet twice a month and is active in many aspects of the town and further afield including the preservation of historical buildings – many of which have been sadly lost in the past.

The Membership Fee is £12.00 for all ages (18+). Forms and dues can be completed and paid at the museum or any evening talk.

Our address is: Newport Pagnell Historical Society, Chandos Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 0EN .

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Chandos Hall (the museum) can be found down the alleyway between numbers 52-54 Silver Street, and is the white-painted building to the right at the end.

Recommended parking to visit the museum

We recommend parking in the free Silver Street car park.

Some old pictures of Newport

Newport Pagnell Historical Society would like to acknowledge and thank Alan Cooper – MKHA web administrator – for the friendly, cheerful and patient way he has assisted with this web site.