Please find below information about forthcoming events. The Society’s talks are usually in the Kings Chapel in Amersham High Street. Doors open at 7.30pm when coffee/tea will be served and talks start at 8.00pm.
Sat 26 Sep 2026 @ 10.00am – 4.30pm
BLHN 2026 CONFERENCE &
local history fair
The Buckinghamshire Local History Network 2026 Conference will be held in Beaconsfield at the National Film and Television School. This year it will be on “Political change in Buckinghamshire – from the English Civil War to the Suffragettes”, and will look at how local people took part in and were affected by significant changes in the national history – read more.
Mon 28 Sep 2026 @ 8.00pm
LIFE & DEATH IN A ROMAN VILLA
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 &
talk from local charity
The Society’s Annual General Meeting will be held in the Kings Chapel. The talk about providing free homelessness prevention, advocacy, and emergency support services to individuals across south Buckinghamshire will be given by a speaker from Wycombe Homeless Connection – read more.
Mon 16 Nov 2026 @ 8.00pm
BENJAMIN ROBERTSHAW’S MEMOIRS
A dramatic reading from the memoirs of the 18th century rector of Amersham, performed by Don Crerar and directed by Stan Pretty. This is an additional event to celebrate the Society’s 70th Anniversary and will be held in St Mary’s Church – details to follow.
Mon 30 Nov 2026 @ 8.00pm
CASSIOBURY: THE ANCIENT SEAT OF THE EARLS OF ESSEX
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.