The Great Garden Project at Woburn Abbey and beyond
Martin Towsey’s talk will focus on Woburn Abbey garden and the 20 year programme to restore the garden Humphry Repton designed.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
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Dame Laura Knight
In 1936 Dame Laura Knight became the first woman to be elected as a full member of the Royal Academy in London, 168 years after its establishment.
Arts Society North Bucks
Annual General Meeting
James Cairncross will provide an update on the Almshouses and John Gosling will present a new talk on the history of the Almshouses.
Friends of Great Linford Manor Park
Margery Kempe, Medieval Mystic and Screaming Pilgrim
Margery Kempe was an English Catholic mystic, who wrote through dictation a work some consider to be the first autobiography in the English language.
Bow Brickhill History Society
The Great Exhibition 1851
Maria Greenhill looks at the Great Exhibition of 1851. presenting her talk as if she was a Victorian and had been to the exhibition.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
The Late Great Manor House at Kingston Lacy, Dorset
The manor houses’s location was identified through documentary research, geophysical and earthwork surveys and a small-scale excavation.
Olney Archaeological Society
Political Scandals
The talk explores the characters, consequences, and occasional farce behind some of Britain’s most memorable political controversies.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Heritage Weekend
Come and meet characters in costume that shaped the history of this lovely church. Brass rubbing, bell ringing, church history, live music.
Friends of St Guthlac’s Church, Passenham
Great War Cornucopia
Knowledgeable and experienced speakers are looking to cover widely varying aspects of the Great War. £30.00, including an excellent buffet lunch.
Milton Keynes Western Front Association
The Repair Shop and Me
Christine Farmer treats you to background information on the cast of repairers as well as the history of the sewing table she took along to be restored.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association