Cheddington History Society

Meetings in 2012 and 2013

You are welcome to attend meetings of the Society, which are normally held at 8 p.m. on the third Monday of the month, at the Methodist Church Room facing the Village Green.   We welcome members at a fee of only £8 per person for a year, and we have a reduced rate for young people in education.  A visitor's fee of £2 is made for a single talk.

Here is the full programme of talks and visits arranged for the Society's current year:

September 17th 2012       AGM, followed by: Cheddington: The influence of Geology on its History (Talk by Peter Banham)

October 15th 2012           First Arrival of Aircraft at Halton (Talk by Francis Hanford)

November 19th 2012       From Poverty, Pestilence and War - A History of Aylesbury Hospitals (Talk by Dr Anthony Knight)

January 21st 2013           Preparing for a Village History (Talk by John T Smith)

February 18th 2013        The Romans in Bucks (Talk by Jill Eyers)

March 18th 2013             Wrest Park: A Garden Revealed (Talk by Corrine Price)

April 15th 2013               Bygone Implements of Home and Farm (Talk by Sarah Oliver)

May 20th 2013                The History and Natural History of Tring Reservoirs
                                        (Talk by Dick Pilkinton)

September 16th 2013    AGM

OUTINGS:

March 23rd 2013            Cheddington Geology Walk

Date to be confirmed     Visit to Wrest Park

Date to be confirmed     Visit to H G Mathews Brickyard 

                                                                         John T Smith, Cheddington History Society