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
News
Cream Teas
This fine church dates back to the 13th /14th century but was largely rebuilt in the early 17th century.
Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham
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
Open Day
This 13C parish church is endowed with 15C outstanding wall paintings, chained books from the Reformation and Victorian stained glass by Gibbs and Kempe.
Friends of St Lawrence, Broughton
Old Lawnmower Festival
The Old Lawnmower Club will be returning to the Museum when hundreds of mowers are expected. Also, the Museum’s own fine collection will be open.
Milton Keynes Museum
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