An historic stroll around ‘Bottom End’, Towcester
Local historian Brian Giggins will give a talk which will look at the houses, factories, and fascinating history of ‘Bottom End’, Towcester.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Speaker meetings
Using Maps
Buckinghamshire FHS is running online talks for its members to replace its monthly meetings. Speaker: Julian Hunt.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
From Stowe to Sheringham
The Bedfordshire historian and author, Dorothy Jamieson, will give a talk which compares the work of Capability Brown and Humphrey Repton.
Towcester & District Local History Society
Buckinghamshire Workhouses
Buckinghamshire FHS is running online talks for its members to replace its monthly meetings. Speaker: Julian Hunt.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Winter’s Tales
Stories of old Cosgrove with Wendy Page. Cosgrove is a village about 2 miles north of Stony Stratford. Donations for Cosgrove Church Masonry Fund
WW2 Merchant Navy Officer
The speaker, Steve Bacon, has been researching the life of a Second World War Merchant Navy officer: Eve Bacon’s father, who had one or two close calls.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
The Story of Warden Abbey and its landscape
Margaret Roberts has volunteered at Warden Abbey Vineyard since January 2014 and has spent six years researching the Abbey’s story.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
The Indian Army in WW1 – an Ox and Bucks Perspective
Speaker: Stephen Barker. Men from the 1st Ox and Bucks Light Infantry served alongside Indian troops in Mesopotamia in 1914-18.
Milton Keynes Branch of The Western Front Association
Rembrandt and Vermeer
This lecture explores the contrast between Rembrandt van Rijn and Vermeer and examines the art and society of the Dutch Golden Age.
Arts Society North Bucks
History of British Parks
A fascinating insight into the history of the great British public park – illustrating their origins, the Victorian heyday, and what makes a great park.
Hanslope and District Historical Society