Bucks Local History Network Conference – 1st October 2022
The conference will be held at The Oculus Centre in Aylesbury. The theme will be Buckinghamshire’s Cottage Industries. Further details can be found at Bucks Local History Network 2022 Conference The Society will ne represented at the conference and anyone willing to help out on our stall should contact Sam Hearn on 07833 376222 This ... Read moreBattle Field Walks – Brentford and Turnham Green (Sunday, 6th November)
Join Charles Cordell and Simon Marsh to explore the battles and battlefields that saw the parliamentarians, John Hampden and his regiment, halt the royalist advance on London in November 1642. For the Brentford walk meet at 10:30 at the Market Place in Brentford (TW8 8AH) For the Turnham Green walk meet at 14:00 outside Turnham ... Read moreDinner to Celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Society and commemorate the 380th anniversary of the Battles of Brentford and Turnham Green
The dinner will be held in the Wellesley Function Room at the rear of The Pilot Pub, 56 Wellesley Road Chiswick W4 4BZ. The speaker will be Dominic Grieve QC PC and former Attorney General. Further to follow. – contact Same Hearn 07833 37666
Latest Edition of the Society’s Newsletter – No. 102 Summer 2022
● Sealed Knot Events - 18th/19th June at Thame Rugby Club ● Placing of commemorative wreath in Thame. ● The Society's stall at the Thame History Fair (Valerie Horne and Simon Marsh) ● Review of Ismani Pell's biography of Sir Phillip Skippon ● Framed copies of the inscription on the Ship Money Monument (Jim Rodda) ● Events at Great Kimble - restoration of Hampden related artefacts (Roger Howgate) ● Review of talk by Derek Lester to BAS on the Battle of Chalgrove
