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 8pm. The Society’s Committee meets six times a year, on the third Monday of every other month. If you have any questions, issues, or ideas you would like to be discussed at the next meeting, or if you are interested in joining the Committee, please get in touch.
Sat 26 Sep 2026 @ 10am – 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 @ 8pm
LIFE & DEATH IN A ROMAN VILLA
a talk by Jill Eyers
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.
Thu 15 Oct 2026 @ 7pm – 8.45pm
AMERSHAM MUSEUM’S CONCERT “AN ITALIAN IN ENGLAND”
Amersham Museum invites all to St Mary’s Church for a musical homage to the life and legacy of Francesco Ticciati—the Italian-born composer, pianist, teacher, and musical pioneer whose journey from Rome to Amersham left an enduring mark on British musical history – read more.
Mon 26 Oct 2026 @ 8pm
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
The Society’s AGM will be held in the Kings Chapel. It will be followed by a talk about Wycombe Homeless Connection, a local charity dedicated to supporting people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes in south Buckinghamshire. It will be led by its Chair of Trustees, Kate Rogers, accompanied by trustee Jane Spoerry – read more.
Mon 16 Nov 2026 @ 8pm
DRAMATIC READING OF BENJAMIN ROBERTSHAW’S MEMOIRS
Join us for an additional event to celebrate the Society’s 70th Anniversary in St Mary’s Church. In the performance directed by well-known local actor Stan Pretty, the memoirs of the 18th-century rector of Amersham will be read by actor Don Crerar and, as a special bonus, Earl Howe will read the memorandum of his nemesis, Daniel Baker – read more.
Mon 30 Nov 2026 @ 8pm
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.