BAS AAG evening meetings

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Thursday 12th November, 19:15 for 19:30, Zoom only
A timeline for Neolithic Dolmen
Doug StuckeyAAG Lecture Dolmen

Placing Dolmen in the monument construction sequence of the British Neolithic period and how some were re-purposed.  Following on from last years talk on Neolithic Monuments which did not include british Dolmen.

 

 

Register for this Zoom meeting Here .

 

Saturday Lecture

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Saturday November 14th 14:00 : Parish Church Patrons: supporting your church and saving your soul in Medieval England

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St Thomas, at St Mary’s, Drayton Beauchamp

Speaker: Eleanor Townsend (D Phil student University of Oxford, previously curatorial roles at the V&A)

England’s medieval parish churches were once saturated with imagery, which has almost all been subsequently destroyed. Each image was paid for by someone, to beautify their church, but also in the hope of saving their souls after death . By exploring the different types of image once ubiquitous in our parish churches, and the people responsible for them, this lecture will unlock a lost world.

Please come to the Discover Bucks Museum or Register now for the online lecture Here  (We will email the Zoom meeting invitation to you).

 

 

Summer Outing – Hodgemoor Woods

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Two walks around Hodgemoor Woods

Led by Nigel and Janet Rothwell

 

Hodgemoor woods

Sunday 23rd August 2026, 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 – Hodgemoor Woods – The Hodgemoor walk is on rougher woodland paths, which can be muddy if wet, and is about 3.5km.  Both walks are now fully booked, Sorry
 
 
The walks are arranged as part of the extended CBA ‘Festival of Archaeology’ and are also advertised on their web site.  Each walk is limited to 22 people. There is a charge of £5 for non BAS members.

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The Life of Sarah Egerton, book by David Noy

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Buckinghamshire’s
first feminist poet

The life of SARAH FYGE EGERTON 1668-1723

Sarah Fyge Egerton published a long feminist poem at the age of seventeen in defiance of her father ‒ who then exiled her from her London home. Her response was to write that ‘My daring pen will bolder sallies make, and like my self, an uncheck’d freedom take.’

Sarah lived most of her life in Buckinghamshire at Shenley, Adstock and finally Winslow. Her poetry, rediscoved in the 1970s, brings together her personal experience with rallying cries to women. This new book by DAVID NOY reveals a woman struggling against the constraints imposed by family, gender and economic position, making bold stabs at independence yet forced to settle for ultimately unsatisfactory compromises. First edition published in April 2026.

  • 288-page paperback, with 37 colour illustrations, maps and poems | cover price £16
  • Copies on sale at the society’s LIbrary in Aylesbury and online and sent to you by post.

    Buckinghamshire Archaeological society
       

BAS AGM and Lecture 2026

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Saturday May 9th BAS AGM

(after the AGM):  Publication of the BAS Deeds Catalogue
Speaker:  Chris Low

 

BAS Deeds CatalogueThe BAS AGM will start at 14:00 with the Lecture to follow at circa 14:35.  The AGM and Lecture will be one Zoom session.  The head count for the AGM will be taken at 14:00.

 

 

Please come to the Discover Bucks Museum or Register now for the online lecture Here  (We will email the Zoom meeting invitation to you).