Please find below information about forthcoming events in Amersham. The Society’s lectures are usually in the Kings Chapel. If any member is unable to make his/her way to these meetings and would like transport to be arranged, please contact Geraldine Marshall-Andrew on 01494 433735.
Amersham Town Council presents a new season of Summer Band Concerts. This year performers include:
17 May – Amersham Concert Brass;
31 May – Dixie Swing Kings;
14 Jun – Chalfont Wind Band;
28 Jun – Amersham Community Brass Band;
12 Jul – Hemley Hillbillies Bluegrass Band;
26 Jul – Amersham Festival of Music;
9 Aug – Lou’s Sextet;
23 Aug – Sound Force Big Band;
6 Sep – Heritage Day.
All concerts start at 2.30pm.
Join a guided Tudor Walk to learn about life – and death – in 16th century Amersham. The subjects include food and drink, markets and fairs, buildings and burgage plots, clothing and work, health and cures, religious beliefs and the Lollard martyrs.
The walk is led by guides in Tudor costume. It starts from the Museum, visits the church (weddings permitting!), then leaves the town and follows field paths. It lasts about 2¼ hours (short-cut possible) and includes a climb up through the fields (taken slowly).
To book tickets please click here.
Join a guided Tudor Walk to learn about life – and death – in 16th century Amersham. The subjects include food and drink, markets and fairs, buildings and burgage plots, clothing and work, health and cures, religious beliefs and the Lollard martyrs.
The walk is led by guides in Tudor costume. It starts from the Museum, visits the church (weddings permitting!), then leaves the town and follows field paths. It lasts about 2¼ hours (short-cut possible) and includes a climb up through the fields (taken slowly).
To book tickets please click here.
In 1912, excavations at the Yewden Roman Villa near Hambleden in Buckinghamshire uncovered a wealth of ancient artifacts. Almost a century later, in 2008, archaeologist Dr Jill Eyers returned to these forgotten finds. Using modern techniques, including aerial photography and advanced geophysics, her team revealed a complex world of heavy military bureaucracy and shocking crimes.
The talk will explore the daily realities of the villa’s residents and investigate the site’s most chilling mystery: the mass burial of 97 Roman newborns. Based on the monograph “Romans in the Hambleden Valley: Yewden Roman Villa” published in 2011.
Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available from 7.30pm. The talk starts at 8.00pm. No booking necessary. Guests and new members welcome.