News about BAS or groups within the society
December 7th Buckinghamshire Churches and Mansions: early photographs by Charles May of Aylesbury.
Speakers: Michael Hardy and Charles Boot.
To be followed by seasonal social.
Our lectures are free and located in the County Museum, Church Street, Aylesbury HP20 2QP starting at 2.30pm.
Lasting about one hour plus time for discussion.
Refreshments are available after the event.
Thursday 14 November:
Archaeology north of the Cairngorms – speaker: Doug Stuckey
A second summer of discoveries volunteering on an archaeological site in Scotland, vitrified enclosures and Pictish picture stones.
See the full meeting schedule here.
• All meetings are at the Bucks County Museum in Church Street, Aylesbury, and start at 7.30pm. Entrance is from the footpath on the side of the building that faces St Mary’s Churchyard.
• All meetings are in three parts: a practical archaeology session or speaker on a recent excavation; a break for tea, coffee and biscuits; then reports on our current and recent archaeology projects. All welcome.
27th to 30th March 2020, Reconstructing Hadrian’s Wall (and other Roman Forts).
St. Chads College,
18 North Bailey,
Durham,
County Durham, DH1 3RH
The latest newsletter can be found here: CBA Member newsletter Sept 2019
Archaeology in the Community, Christ The Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes, Saturday November 2nd.
Read the Flyer here
on Saturday 23 November at Winslow Public Hall, Elmsfield Gate, MK18 3JG. 1.30-5pm, £3 on the door. The county’s biggest archaeological dig, on the route of the high-speed rail line, is turning up various unexpected settlements. From Mesolithic to Medieval plus a complex area under investigation in Warwickshire.
CBA South Midlands Autumn conference will be on the theme of Roman Villa Landscapes of the South Midlands. Winslow, Buckingshamshire on Sunday 20th October. Flyer to follow
Flyer and booking form for a Flint training workshop we’re holding in Northampton on 16th November for people who want to learn more about flint.
There are only 20 places available, so early booking is advised.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND FAIR
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SOCIAL HOUSING 
– FROM ALMSHOUSES TO RIGHT-TO-BUY
A one-day conference on the changing face of housing for the people: cottages on manorial estates, the 18th-century workhouse that provided work, the 19th-century workhouse that enforced it, ‘Homes fit for Heroes’ that launched council-provided housing after the First World War, then the New Towns and Milton Keynes after the Second, and its dismantling through Right-to-Buy.
PLUS displays and bookstalls by the county’s local history and archaeology societies.
Saturday 5 October 2019
at The Oculus, the Aylesbury Vale District Council conference centre in Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury
For full details and tickets in advance by post or on-line >>
Members can book now to come on our new series of excursions to a wide variety of locations. Also available is our ever popular Church Crawl. A full list and description of each excursion and a booking form has been added to this site.
Records of Bucks (volume 59) includes articles on newly-discovered Romanesque wall painting at St Mary’s Church, Old Linslade, the effects of the Wars of the Roses on Chesham, and Marlow’s medieval manor hall.
For full list of contents and ordering.
Price to non-members: £15.00, plus £3.50 for post and packing. Members receive Records volume 59 free – so why not JOIN THE SOCIETY?
