Please find below information about forthcoming events. The Society’s talks are usually held in the Kings Chapel, 30 High St, Amersham HP7 0DJ. Doors open at 7.30pm when coffee/tea will be served and talks start at 8.00pm.
Sun 6 Sep 2026 @ 11.30am – 5.15pm
AMERSHAM HERITAGE DAY 2026
Amersham Heritage Day is an annual event organised by Amersham Town Council, held in Sep of each year. It is a fun-filled family day out where Amersham celebrates its rich heritage and the Old Town is filled with visitors enjoying many activities – read more.
Sat 26 Sep 2026 @ 10.00am – 4.30pm
BLHN CONFERENCE AND LOCAL HISTORY FAIR 2026
The Buckinghamshire Local History Network 2026 Conference will be held in Beaconsfield at the National Film and Television School. This year’s subject is “Political change in Buckinghamshire – from the English Civil War to the Suffragettes” – read more.
Mon 28 Sep 2026 @ 8.00pm
LIFE & DEATH IN A ROMAN VILLA
a talk by Jill Eyer
1912 excavations at the Yewden Roman Villa near Hambleden uncovered a wealth of ancient artefacts. In 2008, archaeologist Dr Eyers and her team returned to the site to reveal a complex world of heavy military bureaucracy and a chilling mystery of the mass burial of 97 newborns – read more.
Mon 26 Oct 2026 @ 8.00pm
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
The Society’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Kings Chapel. It will be followed by a talk from a representative of Wycombe Homeless Connection about providing free homelessness prevention, advocacy, and emergency support services to individuals across south Buckinghamshire – read more.
Mon 16 Nov 2026 @ 8.00pm
BENJAMIN ROBERTSHAW’S MEMOIRS
a dramatic reading
The memoir of the 18th-century rector of Amersham, preserved in the Bucks Archaeological Society’s library and now fully deciphered and transcribed, will be read by Don Crerar and directed by Stan Pretty. This additional event to celebrate the Society’s 70th Anniversary will be held in St Mary’s Church – read more.
Mon 30 Nov 2026 @ 8.00pm
CASSIOBURY: THE ANCIENT SEAT OF THE EARLS OF ESSEX
a talk by Paul Rabbitts
Cassiobury is now the principal public park in Watford, but for over two centuries it was a part of a vast, luxurious private estate shaped by royal ambition, grand architecture and legendary landscape design (please note, this is a change to our original advertised talk) – read more.