Twilight Tours
Join one of the knowledgeable guides to explore its grand rooms, uncover its rich history, and admire the stunning architecture at twilight.
Stowe House
Month: September 2024
Evenley Wood Garden: A new chapter
Daniel Winter will give an outline of how the gardens began and will include details on some of the notable plantings and specimens within the collection.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Wartime Volunteer Medics
Ian Waller’s talk looks at the work and records left for VADs, Friends Ambulance Unit, FANY and various nursing organisations.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Restoring an 18th Century Masterpiece
You will get the chance to see the beautifully restored State Rooms and learn about bringing this architectural masterpiece back to its 18th century glory.
Stowe House
Theatre In Northampton
Featuring the town’s first know theatre in a barn, the theatre across the road where Charlie Chaplin worked to the four theatres in one at the Derngate.
Roade Local History Society
The Great War Miscellany
This seminar features an excellent line-up of speakers on a variety of topics. Tickets £30.00. Buffet lunch included, plus tea, coffee and biscuits.
Milton Keynes Western Front Association
Museum Guided Tour
Your guide will tell you the story of William Cowper and his friend, John Newton. You will learn how their lives came together.
Cowper & Newton Museum
English Coaching Inns
Julian Hunt will take us through the recognisable architectural features of the coaching inns. They were usually quite grand with an obvious coach entrance.
North Crawley Historical Society
How to be a King
A look at what we think we know about medieval kingship from Hastings to Bosworth which comes to some unexpected and surprising conclusions.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Decline of the Great Estates
From the 1870s landowners faced a succession of challenges and calamities: agricultural depression and falling rents, the Great War and death duties.
Olney Archaeological Society