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2025 talks (URC in town, Tuesdays, please arrive by 19:25 latest)

Talks start promptly at 19:30. Tickets are £2 for members, £4 for non-members, an includes a raffle ticket. (Also, please consider an annual membership – it’s a bargain!)

There is usually a break about half-way through where tea/coffees are available for purchase, and we usually have a raffle. You are still very welcome to bring your own water bottles.

• 04/03/2025: Mother’s Just Planted Petunias (Kevin Varty).
• 18/03/2025: AGM followed by The Undeserving Poor (Geoff Morris).
• 01/04/2024: Bradwell Abbey/Flagons (Paul Cox).
• 15/04/2025: Hayes Boatyard (Dick Bodily).
• 06/05/2025: More Old Newport (Don Hurst) – held over from last year.
• 20/05/2025: Women in the Middle Ages (Gemma Holman).

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Summer walks

Walks require booking via either Eventbrite or through our Treasurer, Barbara. As we have to control group numbers, tickets cannot be arranged on the night.

Evening walks are always Tuesday, and meet at 18:45 for a 19:00 start. Walks generally last about an hour. It is £3 per person (we would greatly appreciate exact change if possible). Please check the weather report and dress appropriately! All walks are undertaken at your own risk – no animals please.

Format: Date, “Walk title” (maximum number of attendees).

• No walks arranged, check back early summer 2025.

Tuesday afternoon meet-ups

All afternoon events will be at Ousebank House ( the Old British Legion Building) from 14:00 to 15:30. Costs (includes refreshments): £3 for members, £4 for guests . All members are welcome, feel free to bring guests with you. No need to book, just turn up.

• 25/02/2025: “Your first paid employment” – whether it was a Saturday job or your first full employment, come and share your memories. Can you remember what you earned?
• 25/03/2025: “Childhood photos and Seaside Memories” – where did you spend your summer holidays and what memories have you of those long, always sunny, summer days? Please can you bring any childhood photos of yourself up to the age of 10.
• 22/04/2025: “Games afternoon”. Because it is so popular and members are keen to play, we will have a beetle.
• 27/05/2025: “A slide show of Old Newport”. But a computer presentation this time with screen. Come and spot some old buildings!

Visiting the museum (Chandos Hall)

Pending sufficient volunteers, we are usually open every second and fourth Sunday of the month, 14:00-16:00, except December (although we may still have special dates for that month).

Current special exhibition:“Newport souvenirs”.

• Sunday 23/02/2025.
• Sunday 09/03/2025.
• Sunday 23/03/2025.

Next special exhibition: “Old maps, documents and aerial photos”

• 13/04/2025.
• 27/04/2025.
• 11/05/2025.
• 25/05/2025.

Directions to Chandos Hall can be found further down this page.

Newport Pagnell Historical Society (NPHS) was founded in 1984 by a small group interested in the buildings and people of the town and surrounding area and concerned in preserving the past for the future. By the 1990’s the thriving society, by its own fund raising efforts and with the generous help of the Harry Middleton Gift, was able to purchase and refurbish Chandos Hall and open it both as a Museum and the Society’s headquarters. The Society currently has around one hundred and seventy members who meet twice a month and is active in many aspects of the town and further afield including the preservation of historical buildings – many of which have been sadly lost in the past.

The Membership Fee is £12.00 for all ages (18+). Forms and dues can be completed and paid at the museum or any evening talk.

Our address is: Newport Pagnell Historical Society, Chandos Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 0EN .

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Chandos Hall (the museum) can be found down the alleyway between numbers 52-54 Silver Street, and is the white-painted building to the right at the end.

Recommended parking to visit the museum

We recommend parking in the free Silver Street car park.

Some old pictures of Newport

Newport Pagnell Historical Society would like to acknowledge and thank Alan Cooper – MKHA web administrator – for the friendly, cheerful and patient way he has assisted with this web site.