Huguenots and their impact on Britain
Louis XIV forced the Huguenots to either convert to Catholicism or flee as refugees, often to Protestant states such as the Dutch Republic or England.
Bucks Family History Society
Month: April 2025
Weedon Royal Ordnance Depot
The Depot stored and supplied everything soldiers needed to fight worldwide. There are 8 storehouses, a canal extension, powder magazines and high walls.
Potterspury History Group
VE Day Celebrations in Northampton
Pete Austin will show a film, taken by Northampton businessman Bassett-Lowke, of the Victory Parade in the town in 1945 and V.E. Day street parties in 1946.
Roade Local History Society
Evenley Wood Gardens
Tour of Garden by Michael Hunt. This 60-acre privately owned woodland garden contains a large and notable collection of plants.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Harpole Burial: new discoveries of a 7th-century bed burial
The Harpole Burial is believed to be the one of the most significant early-medieval female burials ever uncovered in Britain.
Olney Archaeological Society
Women in the Middle Ages
Medieval women seem to be largely invisible, yet we know that they ruled over kingdoms, convents and households and acted as the chatelaines of castles.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Winston Churchill’s Toyshop
Gordon Wilson’s talk will portray a riveting account of one of the most famous ‘back rooms’ of WWII – and of the men and women who worked for it.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Plessey and its impact on Towcester 1940-1989
Tony Howard’s talk describes the growth of the company becoming the town’s largest employer and its impact on the expansion of Towcester.
Towcester and District Local History Society
History Festival
Milton Keynes Museum takes history off the page and brings it to life with the return of its popular history festival this May.
Milton Keynes Museum
Concert for Codebreakers
Delight in an afternoon of music, as performed over 80 years ago at Bletchley Park for the Codebreakers, by musicians Bailie, Bernac and Francis Poulenc.
Bletchley Park