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
Saturday, 10th October 2026
Speaker meetings
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
Thursday, 8th October 2026
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
Wednesday, 7th October 2026
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
Wednesday, 7th October 2026
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
Tuesday, 6th October 2026
Political Scandals
The talk explores the characters, consequences, and occasional farce behind some of Britain’s most memorable political controversies.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Tuesday, 6th October 2026
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
Saturday, 3rd October 2026
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
Thursday, 1st October 2026
The Rageing & Dreadful Fire: Stony Stratford’s Historical Fires
Stony Stratford seems to have been particularly unfortunate in suffering a series of fires during the first half of the eighteenth century.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Thursday, 1st October 2026
Bucks Archives
Callum Walker will explain what an archive is, what the work involves and how you can use it to help in your own research.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society