Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Wednesday,7th August 2024 at 7.30 pm
Methodist Church, Queensway, Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes MK2 2HB
Focusing on chair making from the 18th C onwards, this talk by Richard Holt (https://holtsfamilyhistoryresearch.co.uk/) will take you from beech woods to ‘bodgers’, from chair turners to chair manufacturers.
Chair making became an industry in the Chiltern Hills due to the nearby beech woods and transport to both London and Oxford. Initially a woodland craft, chair making became popular in High Wycombe in the early 19th C.