The gardens of Baddesley Clinton and Packwood House, Warwicks
Speaker: Dr Stephen Wass. Dr Stephen Wass, operating as Polyolbian Archaeology, works with the National Trust recording historic gardens and buildings.
Olney Archaeological Society
Speaker meetings
A Victoria Cross for Newport Pagnell
“Sergeant George Walters highly distinguished himself at the Battle of Inkermann, in having rescued Brigadier-General Adams, C.B., …“<
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
Amazing Grace with Professor Bruce Hindmarsh
Bruce Hindmarsh will present a talk at the Museum, based on the new biography of John Newton, followed by a book signing.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Bucks in the Commonwealth Period
Geoff Swindells will be exploring Buckinghamshire in the Commonwealth period, including the Battle of Olney and the living conditions at the time.>br />
Cowper & Newton Museum
Life During the Commonwealth
Geoff Swindells will be talking about how the English Civil War changed life for Buckinghamshire people. A Zoom talk for BFHS members.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Olney’s Poor Law Books
Join Geoff Swindells for a free talk about Olney’s 18th- and 19th-century Poor Law books, and see genuine articles from the Museum’s collection.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Child Lace Workers and the Lace Schools
Join Marion Swindells for a talk on the lives of the children of Olney and surrounding villages who played a key part in the lacemaking industry.
Cowper & Newton Museum
John Newton’s Friendship with Alexander Clunie
Kate Bostock focuses on the friendship between John Newton and Captain Alexander Clunie. Free talk with standard garden admission.
Cowper & Newton Museum
Lacemaking in Buckinghamshire
This talk by Marian Swindells from the Cowper & Newton Museum, Olney tells us so much about the social history of Buckinghamshire.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
‘Britannia’s unruly stepchildren’, Americans in the British Armed Forces
Michael O’Brien looks at American citizens who took matters into their own hands well before America joined the war and joined the British armed services.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes