Visit the Museum
NPHS has its headquarters and museum at Chandos Hall.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Sunday, 26th October 2025
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Knights Templar in Northamptonshire
The Knights Templar were an established order in England, then overnight it all came to an end, leading to legends of secret tunnels, treasure and intrigue.
Roade Local History Society
Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
British polar researcher Richard Collinson and his encrypted communication
Between 1850 and 1855, the London-based newspaper The Times published over 50 encrypted advertisements apparently intended for the same recipient.
The National Museum of Computing
Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
The Devils Brew
Speaker: Geoff Morris. £4.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 21st October 2025
An Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Croft Gardens, Cambridge
The most significant archaeological aspect of the site was the presence of around 70 inhumation burials, mostly belonging to the early Anglo-Saxon period.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 21st October 2025
Secrets of Stowe Tours
On this tour you will be taken behind the scenes, explore the Gothic Library, the Japan room and some newly uncovered 17th-century wall paintings.
Stowe House
Sunday, 19th/Tuesday, 22nd/Wednesday 23rd October 2025
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson’s Tour of English Gardens 1786
In April 1786 they embarked on a tour of English landscape gardens, including Wotton Underwood, Stowe, The Leasows, Hagley Hall and Blenheim.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Saturday, 18th October 2025
Museum guided tour in the home of William Cowper
How the lives of William Cowper and John Newton came together, through Cowper’s writing, the Olney Hymns and Newton’s famous hymn Amazing Grace.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Saturday, 18th October 2025
The Songs of the First World War
The background and creation of some of the songs from the trenches written to boost morale, encourage enlistment and take the public’s mind off the war.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Friday, 17th October 2025
Film show
Film of repairs to the church roof in 1936 and other old films of the village.
North Crawley Historical Society
Friday, 17th October 2025